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Nearly 900 children under 6 live in Turkish prisons as overcrowding exceeds 108,000 inmates

A recent report by the Civil Society in the Penal System (CİSST) has revealed a growing number of children living behind bars with their mothers, while...

Human Rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review

Download PDF This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey in 2025, a year marked by continued democratic...

European rights court rules Turkey violated rights of 93 people arrested over alleged Gülen...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled Tuesday that Turkey violated the rights of 93 people accused of links to the Gülen movement...

Turkish teacher with life-threatening anemia returned to prison despite deteriorating health

A Turkish teacher imprisoned over alleged links to the Gülen movement has been returned to prison after a brief hospitalization, even as doctors said...

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Nearly 900 children under 6 live in Turkish prisons as overcrowding exceeds 108,000 inmates

A recent report by the Civil Society in the Penal System (CİSST) has revealed a growing number of children living behind bars with their mothers, while...

Turkey has investigated at least 70 journalists under controversial ‘disinformation law’ since 2022

Turkish authorities have investigated at least 70 journalists under a controversial “disinformation law” since 2022, among whom 15 were detained, four were arrested and...

555 workers killed in occupational accidents in Gaziantep in 13 years: İSİG

At least 555 workers have died in occupational accidents in Gaziantep province since 2013, according to a new report by the Health and Safety...

Turkey’s ruling party to tighten control over opposition-run municipalities

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is preparing what the pro-government media describe as a new reform package that would tighten financial and...

DEM Party calls for legal steps, official status for Öcalan during Nevruz celebrations

Senior figures from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) over the weekend called for concrete legal steps to advance a renewed...

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