President Erdogan appoints Basri Bağcı, deemed ‘unqualified’ to be an ECtHR judge, as new...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has appointed Basri Bağcı, who was deemed “unqualified” to be a judge at the European Court of Human Rights...
Helin Bölek, member of Turkish band Grup Yorum, dies on death fast
Helin Bölek, a member of the Turkish leftist band Grup Yorum who has been on a death fast for 288 days, died on April...
Turkey arrests popular Twitter users for spreading ‘terrorist propaganda’
Turkish authorities on Friday arrested two of the three well-known anonymous Twitter users who were detained on Wednesday and Thursday.
Mesut Aykin, who reportedly runs...
PACE rapporteur calls on Spain, Turkey to include opponents, journalists in prison amnesty
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteur Boriss Cilevics has called on Spain and Turkey to include imprisoned politicians in early releases prompted by...
UN subcommittee, experts call on member states to adopt non-discriminatory measures to reduce prison...
A United Nations subcommittee and a group of UN experts have called on member states to take non-discriminatory measures including the early release of...
Amnesty, 26 NGOs call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners amid coronavirus crisis
Amnesty International and 26 other rights groups and civil society organizations from Turkey and around the world on Monday released a joint statement calling...
Gülenist witch hunt in full swing in Turkey amid talk of amnesty for prisoners
Ten people were arrested in Turkey on Thursday in an operation targeting people affiliated with the faith-based Gülen movement amid discussions of an amnesty...
UN human rights chief calls for freeing of political prisoners amid coronavirus pandemic
While the Turkish government has excluded political prisoners from a recently proposed amnesty bill, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called on...
Coronavirus pandemic fuels hate speech in Turkey
The coronavirus pandemic has fueled hate and xenophobic speech in the predominantly pro-government Turkish media, which accuses the usually targeted groups and countries including...
Report reveals inmates in Turkish prisons not protected against coronavirus
A report drafted by the Jurists for Freedom Association (ÖHD) has revealed that inmates in Turkey’s overcrowded prisons are at high risk of contracting...
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