Presidency seeks to strip opposition leader and 9 deputies of immunity
A presidential summary of proceedings seeking the removal of the parliamentary immunity of Turkey’s main opposition leader and nine opposition deputies has made its...
Local sources say 6 abducted Gülen movement followers still in Kosovo
Six people who used to work at schools affiliated with the Gülen movement are still being held in Kosovo, according to reliable local sources.
The...
Turkish gov’t planned a campaign of arrest prior to coup attempt, classified document shows
A review of a confidential Turkish military document reveals how the first group of more than 7,000 people who were taken into custody within...
Turkish baklava tycoon sentenced to 8 years, 9 months in prison over Gülen links
Faruk Güllü, businessman and the founder of a well-known baklava company in Turkey, has been sentenced to eight years, nine months in prison over...
Turkish prosecutor appeals acquittal of businessman Kavala in Gezi Park trial: report
A Turkish prosecutor appealed the acquittal of philanthropist Osman Kavala and eight others over their alleged role in the 2013 Gezi Park protests, calling...
Turkish folk band member dies after 322-day hunger strike: report
A member of the left-wing Turkish band Grup Yorum died two days after he ended a 322-day hunger strike protesting the government’s ill treatment...
Turkey’s top court rejects 96 percent of all individual applications, statistics show
The Turkish Constitutional Court rejected 96 percent of the 266,466 individual applications made in the last eight years. In only 8,659 of these petitions...
Anti-Gülenist witch hunt in Turkey knows no limits
Turkish authorities on June 10 ordered the detention of 63 people, including a mother with her 6-month-old infant, as part of a massive crackdown...
CoE: Imprisonment of journalists part of broader pattern of repression against dissent, criticism
Nils Muiznieks, Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights, has stated in an observation report on October 10, 2017, which was released today,...
Ousted Kurdish mayor attacked by police dogs, tortured in home for hours
Ousted co-mayor of Van’s Edremit Municipality Rojbin Çetin was attacked by police dogs and tortured in her home in the southeastern city of Diyarbakır...
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Turkey's political opposition faced intensifying pressure in 2025, with the judiciary emerging as the primary instrument for targeting dissenting voices. The most far-reaching measures...
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Throughout the year human rights organizations...
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2024.
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