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Turkey’s extradition requests to Finland tied to ‘witch hunt’ targeting Gülen movement followers, experts...

Turkey’s growing number of extradition requests to Finland is part of a “witch hunt” targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement and government critics,...

Turkey orders detention of 9 despite European court ruling that messaging app use alone...

Turkish prosecutors have ordered the detention of nine people for using an encrypted messaging app despite rulings by the European Court of Human Rights...

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...

EU rapporteur slams detention of stand-up comedian in Turkey over joke

European Parliament Turkey rapporteur Nacho Sanchez Amor on Friday condemned the brief detention of a stand-up comedian as “deeply alarming” after Turkish authorities launched an...

Turkey holds 5 students for nearly a year in pretrial detention over alleged Gülen...

Five university students in southern Turkey have been held in pretrial detention for more than 11 months without an indictment over alleged links to...

Systematic rights abuses in Turkish prisons reflect state policy, civil society groups say

Six civil society organizations in Turkey have called for an immediate end to what they describe as systematic human rights violations  in prisons, saying...

Turkey’s justice minister slams Western allies over extradition refusals in Gülen-linked cases

Turkey’s justice minister has criticized Western allies for refusing to extradite individuals Ankara accuses of links to the faith-based Gülen movement, saying thousands of...

UN rapporteurs accuse Turkey of harassing LGBTI+ group through legal action

United Nations special rapporteurs have accused Turkish authorities of using criminal proceedings and an association closure case to harass an İzmir-based LGBTI+ group over...

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