Şenyaşar family calls on new justice minister for fair and effective legal procedure in...
Members of the Şenyaşar family, who have been demanding justice for three of their relatives murdered by people connected to a lawmaker from the...
Turkey tops list of CoE countries with most freedom of expression violations in 2020
Turkey ranks first among the 47 Council of Europe (CoE) member states in the number of judgments from the European Court of Human Rights...
347 workers died in occupational accidents in Turkey in first quarter
A total of 347 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in the first quarter of this year, according to a report by the...
Infographic: July 15, 2016 | Blow to Human Rights
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Activity report, the Inquiry Commission on the State of Emergency Measures
State Department 2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Turkey
News stories by Turkey's state-run...
Top AKP lawmaker accuses opposition MP of spreading Gülenist propaganda over plight of children
A senior member of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) accused an opposition lawmaker of disseminating propaganda for the Gülen movement after he...
Former teacher arrested and sent to prison with 8-month-old baby while trying to flee...
Former teacher Büşra Çulha was arrested on Friday and sent to prison with her eight-month-old baby while trying to flee persecution in Turkey, the...
Ailing 83-year-old prisoner hospitalized after health deteriorates
Mehmet Emin Özkan, an 83-year-old inmate who was not released by authorities despite suffering from severe health problems, was hospitalized on Friday after his...
Lawyers’ report on torture in police custody not published, causes rift in bar association
A report by lawyers from the Ankara Bar Association’s human rights committee on allegations of torture made by detainees held at a police detention...
Lawyer arrested on trumped-up terrorism charges dies of COVID-19 in prison
Lawyer Metin Yücel, who was arrested on trumped-up terrorism charges in October 2016, has died in prison after contracting COVID-19.
Yücel's death was announced by...
Journalist Aren Yıldırım, editor of Bianet Kurdish, detained in İstanbul
Journalist Aren Yıldırım, editor of the Bianet Kurdish news website, was detained on Wednesday and taken to a police station in the Fatih district...
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