Our reports and publications

Reports, survey results and open letters published or co-published by Solidarity with OTHERS

Criminalization of Family Ties: A Systematic Human Rights Violation in Türkiye

June 2025

Available in: English

Submission to the Special Rapporteur on counterterrorism and human rights
concerning Call for Inputs on the Human Rights Impacts of Administrative Measures to
Counter Terrorism and (Violent) Extremism

May 2025

Available in: English

The Latest Example of Seizing Opponents’ Assets
in Turkey: EKREM İMAMOĞLU’s Case and the Trusteeship of İMAMOĞLU CONSTRUCTION INC.

May 2025

Available in: English Türkçe

The Injustice Costing the Lives of a Child and a Teacher: An Overview of Unfair Trials in Turkey through the Melek Gelir Case

April 2025

Available in: Türkçe

The Case of Detained Girls: Illegality in the Police Investigation Reports

April 2025

Available in: English Türkçe

The Case of Detained Girls from the legal and human rights perspective: An analysis of the Indictment

April 2025

Available in: Türkçe

The Latest Example of Unlawful Asset Seizure Under the Pretext of Terrorism Charges in Turkey: Maydonoz Döner Case

March 2025

Available in: English Türkçe

Women’s Struggle for Adequate Medical Care in Incarceration

March 2025

Available in: English

Misuse of FATF (Financial Action Task Force) Standards as a Tool of Transnational Repression

February 2025

Available in: English Turkish

Prejudgment and Extrajudicial Punishment:
The Minister of Interior’s Statements are in Violation of Fundamental Principles of Law

February 2025

Available in: English Turkish

The Prohibition of Collective Expulsion Analyzed: ECtHR v Greece

February 2025

Available in: English

The Gülen Movement: Challenging Turkey’s “Terrorist Organization” Narrative Through Global Perspectives

January 2025

Available in: English Turkish

As a tool of repression against dissidents in Turkey: Appointment of Trustees to Municipalities and Companies

December 2024

Available in: English Turkish

Forced Returns and Broken Protections: The Kenyan-Turkish Crackdown on Refugees

October 2024

Available in: English Turkish

Circular Abuse of Anti-terrorism System in the Triangle of the Police, Prosecutors and Judges: “UNDERAGE GIRLS” CASE

October 2024

Available in: English Turkish

Systematic Violations of Property Rights by The State in TURKEY series - 1 : Appointment of Trustees to Companies

September 2024

Available in: English Turkish

The Politicization of Law and the Misuse of Terrorism Charges

September 2024

Available in: English Turkish

Deadly Threat to Human Rights: Turkey’s Definition of 'Terrorism'

July 2024

Available in: English Turkish

Suspended Right to Privacy: Entrance Gate to the Unlawfulness of the State of Emergency Period

July 2024

Available in: English

Allegations of Cloaked Identity Usage: Examining the Unfounded Charges Against Girls Detained in the May 7 Operation

June 2024

Available in: English Turkish

The Authoritarian Surveillance in Türkiye and Human Rights Implications

May 2024

Available in: English

MAY 7 OPERATION:
An Attack on the Future

May 2024

Available in: English, Turkish

Justice Labyrinth: Human Rights in Turkey in 2023

April 2024

Available in: English, Turkish

Report - The New Form of Torture - Prison Observation Boards Decissions

April 2024

Available in: English, Turkish

Chained by Injustice: Politically Imprisoned the Elderly, the Sick and Parents

April 2024

Available in: English, Turkish

Administrative Measures, Counterterrorism, and Lawlessness:
Confronting the Turmoil in Turkey

April 2024

Available in: English

Collaborative Action Plan: Engaging European Parliament Candidates on Human Rights, Democracy, and Migration Issues

April 2023

Available in: English, Dutch, French, Turkish

Bridging Divides: The Landscape of Women's Rights in Turkey

June 2025

Available in: English, Turkish

2023 In Review Annual Activity Report

February 2024

Available in: English

Letter to ECHR - NGOs

January 2024

Available in: English

The Beginner's Guide to Human Rights in Turkey

December 2023

Available in: English

Managing the Humanitarian Crisis: Resettling Those in Need

October 2023

Available in: English

Turkey's Human Rights Conundrum:The ECtHR's Judgments, National Responses, and the Call for Solidarity

October 2023

Available in: English

Politicizing Probation in Turkey - A Threat to Human Rights and Fair Treatment

September 2023

Available in: English, Turkish

Locked Injustice: The Struggle for Freedom and Fair Treatment in Turkey’s Penal System

September 2023

Available in: English, Turkish

Pressure on the Media in Turkey: Violation of the Presumption of Innocence

September 2023

Available in: English

Echoes of Freedom: Striving for Justice in the Face of Human rights Violations against the Gülen Movement

September 2023

Available in: English

Children Exposed to Discrimination and Social Bullying by the State

August 2023

Available in: English Turkish

Human Rights in Turkey in 2022

August 2023

Available in: English

Article on the situation of refugees in Turkey after the presidential elections

July 2023

Available in: English

Contribution to UN report on impact of counter-terrorism on civil society

June 2023

National and transnational financial repression on Turkish dissidents: English

Prosecution of Belgium-based NGOs by the Turkish judiciary: English

Terrorism-related investigations and trials in Turkey between 2015 and 2021: English

Turkey's misuse of INTERPOL: English

Turkey's wanted lists and transnational repression: English

UN Global Study: English

2022 in Review: Annual Report

May 2023

Available in: English, Turkish

Betrayal of Justice: Unlawful Persecution of the Gülen Movement

March 2023

Available in: English, French, Turkish

Joint NGO statement on the International Women's Day

March 2023

Available in: English, Dutch, French, Turkish

Joint NGO statement on the International Women's Day

March 2023

Available in: English, Dutch, French, Turkish

Inputs to UN Global Study

February 2023

National and transnational financial repression on Turkish dissidents: English

Targeting of Belgium-based NGOs: English

Terrorism-related investigations and trials between 2015 and 2021: English

Turkey's misuse of INTERPOL: English

Wanted lists and transnational repression: English

Letter to INTERPOL General Secretariat

February 2023

Available in: English

Arbitrary Detention: Turkey's Never-Ending Plague

January 2023

Available in: English

Letter to ICPA

December 2022

Available in: English

Turkey Rights Monitor - Monthly Wrap-Up (October)

November 2022

Available in: English

Turkey Rights Monitor - Monthly Wrap-Up (September)

October 2022

Available in: English

Open letter to European Commission officials on pushbacks

July 2022

To Ursula von der Leyen: English, French

To Ylva Johansson: English, French

2021 in Review: Annual Report

May 2022

Available in: English, Turkish

Joint Statement on the Occasion of World Press Freedom Day

May 2022

Available in: English, Dutch, French, Turkish

Joint Statement on the Occasion of International Women's Day

March 2022

Available in: English, French, Dutch, Turkish

Fighting Terrorism or Intervening in Freedoms

February 2022

Available in: English, Turkish

Guilty Books

October 2021

Available in: English, Turkish

Enforced Disappearances: Turkey's Open Secret

August 2021

An update on our May 2020 report on allegations of enforced disappearance in Turkey after 2016

Available in: English

Report on Turkish Prisons

July 2021

A detailed evaluation of the situation in Turkey's prisons between 2015 and 2020.

Available in: English, Turkish

Report on Mass Detentions

April 2021

Our report published on the occasion of the 7th anniversary of the mass detention campaign that has been conducted against alleged members of the Gülen movement in Turkey

Available in: English, Turkish

Statement on the occasion of the International Women's Day

March 2021

Available in: English, French, Turkish

Human Rights Day 2020 - Joint open letter to Turkey's president

December 2020

Our joint letter with five NGOs addressed to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan about the ways in which Turkey has been violating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Available in: English, Turkish

Human Rights Day 2020 - Open letter campaign

December 2020

Our public campaign to send letters addressed to Turkish Minister of Justice Abdülhamit Gül about the widespread human rights violations in Turkey

Available in: English, Turkish

Turkey Rights Monitor - Quarterly Review

October 2020

Our report on the major human rights developments of July, August and September 2020 in Turkey, compiled on the basis of the contents of our weekly newsletter Turkey Rights Monitor

Available in: English (Click here to subscribe to Turkey Rights Monitor)

Open letter to Turkey's justice minister about enforced disappearances

August 2020

Our joint open letter with International Observatory of Human Rights, addressed to Turkish Minister of Justice Abdülhamit Gül about the allegations of enforced disappearance in Turkey

Available in: English, Turkish

Torture and ill-treatment in Turkey's prisons and detention centers

June 2020

The results of our survey on torture and ill-treatment in Turkey's prisons, conducted on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

Available in: English, French, Turkish

Enforced Disappearances: Turkey's Open Secret

June 2020

Our report on 25 cases of enforced disappearance allegations after 2016 in Turkey with an analysis of the notable patterns surrounding the incidents

Available in: English, Dutch, French, Sarani Kurdish, Arabic

The Case of Mustafa Ulaşlı

May 2020

Our report on the defamation campaign against Turkish coronavirus expert and dismissed academic Mustafa Ulaşlı against the backdrop of the wider context of the unending dehumanization of Turkey's purge victims

Available in: English, Turkish

Passport Cancellations & Related Violations

July 2019

Our report on the arbitrary passport cancellations by the Turkish government and the resulting undue breach of the freedom of travel, submitted to the United Nations on the occasion of the 3rd cycle of Turkey's Universal Periodic Review in Geneva

Available in: English

Violations of Rights in Consulates

July 2019

Our report on the mistreatment of citizens by Turkey's consulates, submitted to the United Nations on the occasion of the 3rd cycle of Turkey's Universal Periodic Review in Geneva

Available in: English

Local and Global Purge

May 2019

Our report on enforced disappearance allegations in Turkey and unlawful forcible returns of citizens from abroad

Available in: English, Turkish