Family fears deportation to China of Uyghur detained in İstanbul
The family of Kurban Tohtiniyaz, a Uighur who was detained in İstanbul on September 6, fears his deportation to China.
According to a video posted...
Calls for release intensify as ailing Turkish inmate faces urgent surgery
Social media users on Wednesday called on Turkish authorities to release Rukiye Çoygar, an ailing prisoner who is suffering from a fissure in her...
HDP aspires to solve ‘Kurdish problem’ in parliament: Demirtaş
Jailed former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş has said the party aspires to solve Turkey’s so-called Kurdish problem and...
Protestant churches in Turkey highlight rising rights violations
The Association of Protestant Churches in Turkey has released its "2023 Rights Violations Monitoring Report," highlighting increasing challenges and rights violations faced by the...
Erdoğan’s transnational repression leads to 72 pct increase in Turkish intel agency’s personnel expenditures
The personnel costs of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) have increased by 72 percent since a coup attempt in July 2016, mainly due to...
781 people reported torture in Turkey in 2023: rights foundation
A total of 781 people sought assistance in 2023 from the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) for themselves or a relative due to...
Reactions mount against Turkish authorities over jailing of end-stage cancer patient
Turkish authorities last week arrested critically ill Ayşe Özdoğan, who suffers from a rare form of cancer, and sent her to prison on a...
Yalçınkaya ruling points to systemic problems in Turkey: former ECtHR judge
Ireneusz Kamiński, a Polish professor of law and former judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), said in an interview that last...
[Interview] Turkey cannot be considered a safe country for migrants and asylum seekers, says...
Member of the European Parliament Tineke Strik said in an interview with the Stockholm Center for Freedom that Turkey cannot be considered a safe...
Opposition MP warns of rising tensions similar to 1955 pogrom in Turkey
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a leading human rights advocate and deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), expressed alarm at rising...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2024.
Throughout the year Turkey continued...
Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used family punishment against his opponents.
Sippenhaft, also known as...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2023.
The May 2023 re-election of...