Turkish journalist gets 10-month suspended sentence for reporting in child abuse case
A Turkish court on Wednesday handed down a 10-month suspended sentence to journalist Evrim Kepenek for allegedly violating the confidentiality of a criminal investigation,...
Families in Turkey struggle with poverty, poor housing: report
Families across Turkey have been grappling with deepening poverty and deteriorating living conditions, the Evrensel daily reported.
According to Evrensel, the Turkish Statistical Institute’s (TurkStat) 2025 report...
Turkish authorities dismiss medical doctor and human rights advocate for allegedly ‘insulting President Erdoğan’
Prominent medical doctor and human rights advocate Dr. Ayşe Uğurlu has been dismissed from public service following an investigation for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep...
Syrian ex-rebel on trial in France claims Turkey rejected war crimes case over child...
A former spokesman for a Syrian Islamist rebel group told a French court on Monday that Turkey refused to pursue a war crimes case,...
Jailed İstanbul mayor testifies to prosecutors in new probe over his courtroom remarks
İstanbul’s jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, testified to prosecutors on Wednesday as part of a fresh investigation concerning remarks he made during a recent court...
Takeover of firms linked to İmamoğlu marks turning point in Turkey’s political seizure of...
A Turkish state body’s takeover of companies tied to jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu marks a new phase in the use of trusteeships to...
Turkey accounts for over one-third of pending cases at European rights court
Turkey represents 34.6 percent of all pending cases before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), with 21,200 applications awaiting judgment, according to newly...
Turkish police detain 97 people in university protest over preacher’s views on child marriage
Turkish police detained 97 people on Tuesday during student-led demonstrations at İstanbul’s Boğaziçi University protesting a campus event featuring a controversial Islamic preacher known...
Turkey-backed armed groups detain, extort civilians in Syria: HRW
Turkey-backed Syrian factions that once fought against the government of Bashar al-Assad continue to detain, abuse and extort civilians in northern Syria, Turkish Minute...
11 years after Turkey’s worst mining disaster, widow says families still waiting for justice
On the 11th anniversary of a 2014 mining disaster in Turkey’s Manisa province, a woman whose husband was killed in the tragedy told the T24 news...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today released its latest report “Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review,” which highlights the most important developments...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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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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