Turkish civil society figures go on trial over 2013 Gezi Park protests
Sixteen leading Turkish civil society leaders appeared in court on Monday, accused of seeking to overthrow the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during the...
PKK calls on Turkey to release Öcalan to move peace process forward
A senior executive of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) told Agence France-Presse that the group will take no further steps in its peace...
Uzbek woman falls victim to femicide in Turkey
Shaknoza Kurbonova, an Uzbek woman living in İstanbul, was stabbed to death by a man during an argument, the Artı Gerçek news website reported...
Family of jailed former police officer hasn’t seen him in 2 years due to...
The family of former police officer Ali Osman Kayan, a father of four serving a sentence for conviction of links to the Gülen movement,...
Video exposes police negligence during heart attack of teacher tortured in custody
Bold Medya has released a video showing the negligence of police officers in the death of Gökhan Açıkkollu, a purged history teacher who died...
Turkey’s democratic gains for women under threat as country ranks 125th globally for females...
Women’s hard-won democratic gains in Turkey are at risk, a senior opposition lawmaker warned, as the country’s ranks 125th out of 185 nations for...
651 critically ill prisoners are incarcerated in Turkey: opposition MP
There are a total of 1,517 sick inmates in Turkey’s prisons, 651 of whom are suffering from severe illness, an opposition deputy said, citing...
Turkey’s RTÜK pressures TV stations not to televise famous singer Sezen Aksu’s song referencing...
Turkey's broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has made phone calls to Turkish television stations, pressuring them not to televise a...
Turkey’s Erdoğan allegedly sent army chief, advisor to Gül to prevent his candidacy
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar and his chief advisor, İbrahim Kalın, to former President Abdullah Gül...
Turkish court orders closure of LGBTQ+ group despite non-prosecution in obscenity probe
A Turkish court on Thursday ordered the closure of an LGBTQ+ association in İzmir province over alleged obscenity in its social media posts, even...
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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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Turkey's record on torture and ill-treatment continued to deteriorate in 2025, despite its commitments under international human rights conventions.
Throughout the year human rights organizations...
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Turkey's campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm...
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During the year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged links with the faith-based Gülen movement, which he described...
Women’s rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
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The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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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...