Turkey arrests 39 people for social media activities in one week
Authorities detained 39 people for their social media posts in the first week of February, the Turkish Interior Ministry said today in a statement...
Turkish courts begin ordering compensation for reinstated purge victims following top court order
Courts in Turkey have begun to order the state to pay damages to purge victims who were reinstated to their positions after they were...
UN working group finds detention of individuals with alleged Gülen links arbitrary in 2...
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has concluded in two separate cases that the arrest and detention of individuals with alleged...
Women’s Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
The increase in rights violations against women in Turkey continued in 2023, with a rising number of femicide cases, bans on events organized by...
Large percentage of women do not feel safe alone at night, says TurkStat report
A total of 27.3 percent of women living in Turkey do not feel safe on the street at night, according to a 2020 report...
Turkey detains 18 social media users over comments about slain soldiers
Turkish police have detained 18 social media users due to their comments online about the killing of nine Turkish soldiers in northern Iraq on...
Turkish parliament expels opposition lawmaker known for human rights activism
Turkey's parliament on Wednesday expelled opposition MP and prominent human rights defender Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu after a controversial conviction over a social media post,...
Int’l judicial platform calls on Turkey to restore rule of law, abide by ECtHR...
An international platform established by four judges associations in Europe to promote the rule of law in Turkey has called on the country to...
Prosecution of murder of Turkish journalist Dink remains unsatisfactory: CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Turkish authorities to conduct an impartial and depoliticized investigation into the killing of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink...
Turkey plunges from 101st to 115th place in TI’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2023
Turkey has taken 14 steps back and was ranked 115th among 180 countries with a score of 34 out of 100, the lowest in...
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