Turkish court convicts academic on terrorism-related charges based on one-dollar bills, personal notes and...

A Turkish court convicted Vedat Demir, a professor of communications and former columnist, on terrorism-related charges based on five one-dollar bills, personal notes, tweets...

Rear handcuffing of detainees accused of supporting families of political prisoners sparks outcry

Rear handcuffing of detainees who were accused of supporting families of prisoners jailed over alleged Gülen links sparked outcry among human rights defenders, Turkish...

Press freedom and human rights in Turkey must not be held hostage to geopolitical...

Human rights issues, including press freedom, in Turkey must not be held hostage to geopolitical developments, and the international community must step up its...
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Turkey’s judicial council rewards judges and prosecutors for their role in gov’t-led prosecutions

Turkey’s Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) on Friday named 11 judges and prosecutors, many of whom played critical roles in government-led prosecutions, as...

Jailed journalist says in letter inmates forced to live in cells invaded by rats:...

A Turkish journalist who has been in jail since March 2018 on terrorism charges has written in a letter from prison about the “inhumanly”...

European rights court slams convictions based on secret witness testimony

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that secret witness testimony, which Turkish courts have accepted as evidence, particularly in the trials...

Dismissed civil servant asked to repay Ph.D. scholarship

S.S., a former judge in training who was summarily fired from his position with an emergency decree in 2017, was asked in July by...

Iranian anti-hijab activist held in repatriation center in Turkey faces risk of deportation

Nasibe Shemsai, 36, an Iranian activist known for protesting the mandatory hijab law in Iran who fled to Turkey, is now in a repatriation...

Human rights watchdogs call for release of Kurdish politicians

Human Rights Watch and ARTICLE 19 called on the Turkish government to release former co-chairs of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş...

Turkey, Kosovo violated fundamental rights of expelled teachers: UN working group

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has concluded that the arrest, detention and forced transfer to Turkey of six Turkish teachers...

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