Female inmates in Ankara call on CPT to take action on suspicious deaths of...
Sixty-eight women who are incarcerated in Ankara’s Sincan Prison have in a letter asked the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) to...
Turkey ranks 155th in RSF’s World Press Freedom Index
Turkey, which has around 200 journalists jailed in its prisons, is ranked 155th among 180 countries in the 2017 World Press Freedom Index released...
Women’s rights group takes Turkey’s withdrawal from Istanbul Convention to European rights court
A women’s rights group has taken Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) after the country’s Constitutional...
Erdoğan’s party rejects motion to cancel agreements between Turkey and Israel
A motion proposing the annulment of economic, military and political agreements between Turkey and Israel was voted down by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling...
[UPDATE] Turkey’s controversial cybersecurity law officially in effect
A controversial new cybersecurity law passed by the Turkish parliament last week was published in the Official Gazette on Wednesday and is now officially...
Akşener reminds justice minister how she was prevented from speaking
Meral Akşener, previously a candidate for chairmanship of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has reminded Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ how a program of hers...
Turkey detains 6 people over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have detained six people in Ankara and Edirne over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, including four accused of attempting to...
Kurdish man feared abducted by Turkish intelligence turns up in detention after 45 days
Bahtiyar Fırat, a Kurdish man who had been missing since October 14, has re-emerged in detention at the organized crimes bureau of the İstanbul...
No demotion for Turkish prosecutor under investigation for misconduct
Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has failed to demote a prosecutor who is under investigation for his alleged links to a criminal...
Erdoğan: Turkey to freeze assets of 2 US Cabinet secretaries in retaliation for sanctions
Turkey will freeze the assets of two United States Cabinet secretaries in retaliation for Washington's sanctions on Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on...
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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...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...