Woman calls on Turkish authorities to stop Afghan fiancé’s deportation
The fiancée of an Afghan asylum seeker who was sent to a repatriation center to be deported on Sept. 20 called on Turkish authorities...
Thousands of Syrians face return to earthquake zones as travel permits expired over the...
Syrian refugees who were registered in Turkey’s earthquake disaster zones now face the prospect of returning to the region despite unacceptable living conditions, the...
Activist kept in prison due to ‘lack of good conduct’
A prison administration in İstanbul has rejected a petition from well-known activist, writer and journalist Celaletttin Can concerning his right to be released on...
Judge on Turkey’s top appeals court swept murder case under the rug: columnist
Yüksel Kocaman, a controversial figure and member of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals, has been accused of throwing out a murder case during his...
Prison officials in eastern Turkey hogtied two female inmates for hours: report
Local human rights groups have announced that female inmates incarcerated in the eastern province of Ağrı were subjected to severe mistreatment, including being hogtied...
CoE fails to sanction Turkey over jailed philanthropist, opts for ‘dialogue’ instead
The Committee of Ministers, the decision-making body of the Council of Europe (CoE), has refrained from announcing a plan to impose sanctions on Turkey...
Journalist gets suspended sentence for defamation of top judiciary members
A Turkish court has handed down a suspended sentence of 20 months to a journalist on conviction of defaming members of the Constitutional Court...
Man abducted from Tajikistan faces risk of torture, Turkish MP says
Opposition deputy and leading rights advocate Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu expressed concern on Wednesday that Koray Vural, a businessman who is believed to have been...
Unregistered Syrians who fail to leave İstanbul by Sept. 24 to face sanctions
The Turkish Ministry of Interior has announced that sanctions will be imposed on Syrians who fail to leave İstanbul by Sept. 24 despite being...
Turkey’s top appeals court delivers landmark judgment against arbitrary denial of parole
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals (Yargıtay) has delivered a landmark decision that found unlawful a prison board’s refusal to grant early release on the...
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Turkey's political opposition faced intensifying pressure in 2025, with the judiciary emerging as the primary instrument for targeting dissenting voices. The most far-reaching measures...
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Throughout the year human rights organizations...
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Women’s rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...