Turkey: Deteriorating Climate for Rights
Media Crackdown, Abuses Amid Collapsed Kurdish Peace Process
![Turkish Gendarmes lead a group of refugees to buses to prevent them from sailing off for the Greek island of Chios by dinghies, at a beach in the western Turkish coastal town of Cesme.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/turkey_refugees.jpg?itok=5r5ZETv9)
Media Crackdown, Abuses Amid Collapsed Kurdish Peace Process
Refugee Policies, New Counterterror Laws Disregard International Standards
Bloggers Forced into Hiding; Clampdowns on Expression, Political Opposition
Donors Failed to Challenge Prime Minister on Rights Abuses
Aggressive Crackdown on Expression, Religion, and Association
End Clampdown on Dissent, Minorities, and Civil Society Groups
Security Force Impunity, Increased Threats to Women’s Rights and Religious Freedom
Activists, Political Opposition, Media Under Attack
Security Forces, Militants Threaten Civil Society
Violence Against Women, Corruption, and Police Abuse
No Real Progress on Justice for Serious Abuses
Repression of Free Speech and Assembly Undermine Credibility
Impunity, Detention Without Trial Persist Amid Reforms
Junta Gave Empty Promises to Return Democracy, Respect Rights