83-year-old ailing Kurdish woman referred to Turkey’s ATK for third time amid health concerns
Makbule Özer, an 83-year-old incarcerated Kurdish woman with serious disabilities and health problems, was referred to Turkey’s Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) for the...
Human rights organizations urge Turkey to end bans on Saturday Mothers vigils
Amnesty International and several human rights organizations including the Civil Rights Defenders, the Civicus Global Alliance and EuroMed Rights have called on Turkish authorities...
27 more May Day demonstrators detained in house raids in İstanbul
Turkish police detained 27 more people who resisted law enforcement in İstanbul on May Day in an attempt to hold a demonstration in central...
Pro-Erdoğan foundation has received over €700,000 in EU funds since 2020
The Turkey Youth Foundation (TÜGVA), an organization close to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, has received more than 700,000...
6,505 babies born to underage mothers in Turkey in 2023
Turkey recorded a significant number of underage births in 2023, with 6,505 births among girls aged 15-17 and 130 births to girls under 15,...
At least 2,500 young workers died in occupational accidents in a decade: İSİG
Turkey has recorded at least 2,500 deaths in work-related accidents since 2013, according to a report by the Health and Safety Labour Watch/Turkey (İSİG).
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Joint letter calls for release of 48 people arrested over May Day demonstrations
More than 100 individuals well known in Turkish society have called for the release of 48 people who were arrested earlier this month after...
Lengthy prison terms handed down to Kurdish leaders draw global condemnation
An Ankara court’s verdict handing down lengthy prison sentences to dozens of Kurdish politicians, including imprisoned leaders Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, has drawn...
Official Turkish statistics claim majority of youth is ‘happy’
Data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) show that 52.7 percent of young people in Turkey describe themselves as happy with their lives,...
Turkey ranked among most repressive in LGBT rights index
Turkey received one of the worst scores in Europe in the 2024 edition of the Rainbow Index released by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today released its latest report "Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review," which highlights the most important developments...
Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
This report focuses on the inflammatory rhetoric and illegal acts motivated by prejudice faced by refugees who fled the civil war in Syria to...
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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