Turkey’s top court finds discrimination in denial of retirement payment to dismissed civil servant
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a former public servant was subjected to unlawful discrimination when he was denied a retirement payment following his...
Prosecutors, lawyers use corruption probe to extort İstanbul city officials: CHP leader
Turkey’s main opposition leader has accused a group of prosecutors and lawyers of operating an extortion scheme targeting municipal employees in İstanbul, claiming they...
Top Turkish court faults prosecutors for delayed, inadequate probe into Gezi protester’s police injury
Turkey’s top court ruled that Ankara prosecutors violated a protester’s rights by failing to conduct a prompt and adequate investigation into the injuries he...
Ailing opposition mayor transferred back to prison despite health concerns
Mehmet Murat Çalık, the mayor of İstanbul’s Beylikdüzü district undergoing evaluation for a possible recurrence of lymphoma, was transferred back to prison on Wednesday...
Turkey’s top court says ex-Kurdish lawmaker’s rights violated in Kobani trial
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the pretrial detention of a former Kurdish lawmaker accused of inciting violence during protests linked to the 2014...
Turkey arrests Council of Europe youth delegate over speech on jailed mayors, police violence
Enes Hocaoğulları, an LGBTQ+ activist and Turkey’s youth delegate to the Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, has been arrested over...
Over 26,000 rights violations reported in Turkey’s prisons in 2024, watchdog says
A leading human rights organization has documented at least 26,632 rights violations in Turkish prisons in 2024, citing overcrowding, denial of medical care, torture...
Amnesty urges Turkey to reinstate legal status of Syrian asylum seeker diagnosed with HIV
Amnesty International has called on Turkish authorities to immediately restore the temporary protection status of Syrian asylum seeker Ahmad Aabo, who remains without access to essential...
Turkish Alzheimer’s patient jailed over Gülen ties hospitalized after health deteriorates
İbrahim Güngör, a 73-year-old Alzheimer’s patient whose deteriorating health raised concerns about his continued imprisonment, was hospitalized on July 25 after contracting an infection,...
Turkey among top abusers of INTERPOL’s notice system, UK parliament report says
Turkey is among the most prolific abusers of INTERPOL’s notice system, a UK parliamentary report has found, warning that authoritarian regimes are increasingly exploiting...
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The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today published its latest report, “The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge,” which examines how children from...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2022. Authoritarianism continued to gain ground...
Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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This report focuses on how illegal pushbacks by Greek authorities have devastating consequences on Turkish asylum seekers upon their return to Turkey.
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