117,208 people in Turkey have been convicted of alleged Gülen links since failed coup
A total of 117,208 people have been convicted while more than 600,000 have been the subject of investigation in Turkey due to alleged links...
ECtHR ruling will empower Turkish judges who insist on abiding by the law, Kavala...
Businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala has commented on a recent judgment by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) that said Turkey had failed...
44 rights groups, advocates call for stop to pushbacks in joint letter to EU
Forty-four human rights organizations and advocates have signed a joint letter addressing European Union officials, asking them to extend their support to stop pushbacks...
Council of Europe urges Turkey to free Kavala
The Council of Europe on Monday renewed its call for Turkey to release Osman Kavala, a critic of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who has...
European rights court says Turkey failed to comply with its Kavala judgement
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) said Turkey failed to comply with a binding judgment of the court in December 2019 which found...
Turkey’s far-right leader calls healthcare workers’ protests against violence ‘illegitimate’
Turkey’s far-right leader and an ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has slammed doctors and medical workers who took to the streets on Thursday...
Press group bestows freedom award on 16 journalists jailed in Diyarbakır
The Turkish Journalists’ Association (TGC) has bestowed this year’s Press Freedom Award on 16 journalists who were recently arrested in southeastern Diyarbakır province on...
Changes to Turkey’s Press Ethics Code feared to contribute to increasing censorship
Turkey’s Press Advertising Agency (BİK), the state body responsible for regulating publicly funded advertisements in the media, has changed the Press Ethics Code, adding...
Turkey’s top court finds applications from Cizre curfew victims ‘inadmissible’
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has found inadmissible applications filed by people affected by accurfew in the predominantly Kurdish southeast of Turkey in which 137 were...
Turkish healthcare workers stage nationwide protest over murder of cardiologist
Physicians and healthcare workers across Turkey took to the streets on Thursday as they went on a two-day strike to protest the recent murder...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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