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...
İstanbul court rejects objection to arrest of human rights defenders
The İstanbul 11th Penal Court of Peace on Friday rejected an objection to the arrest of eight human rights defenders who were put in...
Turkey’s OHAL Commission to speed up decision process amid suspicions and criticism
The State of Emergency (OHAL) Procedures Investigation Commission (OHAL Commission) has reportedly been set to step up making decisions in a shorter period of...
Turkish teacher, jailed over alleged Gülen links, gives birth to her 3rd child in...
Under arrest as part of Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting alleged followers of the Gülen movement since Nov. 3, 2016, history...
82-year-old philanthropist with Alzheimer’s condemned to die in prison
The daughter of 82-year-old Yusuf Bekmezci, a businessman and philanthropist who was jailed on alleged links to the Gülen movement, said her ailing father...
CHP delegates reach signature threshold in bid for congress after court reinstates former leader
Delegates from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) reached the required number of signatures on Monday to convene an extraordinary congress, after a...
Gangs at Turkish border with Iran abducting, assaulting Afghan refugees: report
Gangs at the Turkish border with Iran have been abducting refugees from Afghanistan for ransom as well as assaulting them, BBC Turkish service reported.
According to...
Court declines to sentence Turkish journalists in MİT trucks case
A Turkish court has declined to sentence former Cumhuriyet newspaper Ankara representative Erdem Gül and opposition deputy and former editor-in-chief Enis Berberoğlu in the...
Lawmaker raises possibility of enforced disappearance after abduction of İstanbul municipal executive
An opposition lawmaker in the Turkish Parliament has asked the interior minister whether police officers, other public officials or people connected to state institutions...
Turkish teacher imprisoned over Gülen links says emergency transfusion delayed despite critical blood levels
A Turkish teacher imprisoned over alleged links to the Gülen movement said doctors called for an emergency blood transfusion when she was finally taken...
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