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...
Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism bestows 2022 Humanitarian Award on Enes Kanter Freedom
Enes Kanter Freedom, an activist and former NBA basketball player, on Thursday accepted the 2022 Humanitarian Award at the Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism (MSAA)...
Opposition MP Gergerlioğlu calls for urgent release of ailing philanthropist
Human rights defender and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has called for the immediate release from prison of 82-year-old businessman and...
Turkey summons Swedish envoy over Erdoğan images used during protests: report
Swedish Ambassador to Turkey Staffan Herrström was summoned to the Turkish Foreign Ministry on Monday over images of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that were...
Turkey sentences founding member of Kurdish women’s association to more than 7 years in...
A Diyarbakır court has sentenced Narin Gezgör, a founding member of the Rosa Women’s Association, a Kurdish women’s rights group, to seven years, six...
US ‘disappointed’ by arrest of TV journalist in Turkey
The United States on Monday expressed disappointment over the arrest of TV journalist Sedef Kabaş in Turkey over the weekend on charges of insulting the...
Garibe Gezer, found dead in her cell, was beaten and sexually harassed by prison...
Haşim Gezer, the brother of Garibe Gezer, who was found dead in a prison cell in December, said his sister was beaten and sexually...
Turkey detains 139 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish authorities have over the past week ordered the detention of 133 people due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, according to...
Experts say Turkey one of highest-ranking countries in drug-related young deaths
Turkey ranks among the top five countries with the highest number of drug related deaths among people under 25, the Diken news website reported, citing a...
Crackdown on Human Rights Defenders: 2022 in Review
The situation of human rights defenders in Turkey has significantly deteriorated since a coup attempt in July 2016, with the HRDs subjected to judicial...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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