Court in eastern Turkey convicts members of family mistreated by police during house raid
A court in eastern Turkey has sentenced to prison two women from a family that suffered mistreatment at the hands of police officers in...
Top court finds rights violation in conviction of journalist for reporting on corruption
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a prison sentence imposed on a local journalist who was convicted of libel for reporting on corruption constituted...
Turkey again fails to implement GRECO anti-corruption recommendations
A report released on Thursday by the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption organization, has shown once again Turkey’s failure to...
Council of State denies compensation to man severely injured by the police during Gezi...
The Council of State, Turkey’s highest administrative court, has rejected a request for compensation filed by Mustafa Başnamlı, a man who was severely injured...
Family of missing Syrian human rights activist says they feel unsafe in Turkey
The wife of Ahmed Katie, a Syrian human rights activist who went missing in İstanbul in late November, has announced that she and her...
Turkey’s top court rules in favor of inmate whose letters were confiscated
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a prison administration’s decision to seize letters sent to family members by inmate Hüsamettin Uğur violated the right...
ECtHR faults Turkey for poor prison conditions in post-coup period
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey for the poor prison conditions suffered by eight people who were given less than three square...
Journalist who photographed murder of Kurdish student released from pretrial detention
A Kurdish journalist who has been the subject of frequent judicial harassment since he photographed the killing of a Kurdish university student by a...
CoE to supervise Turkey’s execution of ECtHR judgments on Kavala, Demirtaş at quarterly meeting
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) Committee of Ministers, in its quarterly meeting to take place December 5-7, will address Turkey’s compliance with European Court...
Ailing 68-year-old in Turkey dies 29 days after release
Cemal Tanhan, a 68-year-old man who was incarcerated in northwestern Turkey despite severe health problems, died 29 days after his release, the Mezopotamya news...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2022. Authoritarianism continued to gain ground...
Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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This report focuses on how illegal pushbacks by Greek authorities have devastating consequences on Turkish asylum seekers upon their return to Turkey.
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