Turkey’s jailed rights defender makes final appeal before verdict

One of Turkey’s most famous prisoners appeared in court Friday for what could be his final hearing in a case that has come to...

ECtHR declines to consider application from chronically ill inmate in Turkish prison

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has declined to consider an application filed on behalf of a Turkish inmate suffering from cancer who...

Mothers with young children should not be incarcerated, says CİSST report

A recent report published by the the Civil Society in the Penal System (CİSST) said under no circumstances should young children accompany their mothers...

Iranian asylum seeker in Turkey faces deportation for taking part in Women’s Day March

An Iranian asylum seeker in Turkey has revealed she was detained during a Women's Day March and is at risk of being deported back...

UN cites conviction of Kosovar officials in Turkish intelligence case as progress in the...

The United Nations hailed the court proceedings against Kosovar officials who were involved in the abduction of critics of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Gezi victim Berkin Elvan’s parents appear in court on Erdoğan insult charges

The parents of a teenager who was struck in the head with a tear gas canister fired by a police officer during the anti-government...

Opposition leaders accuse Erdoğan of selling national sovereignty by transferring Khashoggi murder trial to...

Turkey’s opposition party leaders have criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the transfer to Saudi Arabia of the trial in absentia of suspects involved...

Migration experts accuse government of using migrants for political ambitions and failing to develop...

Migration experts in an interview with Deutsche Welle (DW) Turkish service accused the Turkish government of using migrants for their political ambitions and failing...

University student arrested for links to Gülen movement says he was robbed of his...

A university student who was arrested for alleged links to the Gülen movement in a letter from prison said he had been robbed of...

Turkey’s long-standing freedom of religion or belief issues remain unresolved: report

Despite Turkey’s human rights obligations as a party to core human rights treaties, the long-standing obstacles to the enjoyment of the right to freedom...

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