ECtHR rules Turkey violated prisoners’ rights by uploading their correspondence to judicial network server
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the right to respect for private life of 14 inmates by uploading...
Turkish appeals court sentences pro-Kurdish HDP deputy to 7 years in prison
A Turkish appeals court has sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Burcu Çelik Özkan to prison for alleged terrorism propaganda, according to a...
New mother detained over alleged Gülen links despite doctor’s objection in Turkey
Hatice Avan, who gave birth to a baby in the western Turkish province of Denizli on Thursday, was detained on Friday, despite her doctor’s...
Turkey’s main opposition CHP reiterates in report July 15 was ‘controlled’ coup attempt
A report drafted by Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 has repeated...
Turkey will refrain from providing further information on Kavala case to OHCHR
A letter recently sent by the Turkish Permanent Mission to the UN Office in Geneva to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for...
Turkish politician Bekleviç: For the Kurds, life has almost stopped in Diyarbakır
“I was not expecting to be interrupted. The police were ignoring us, since they got orders from their superiors. But this time, apparently the...
Jailed Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel taken out of solitary confinement
Imprisoned Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel has reportedly been taken out of solitary confinement. Germany's Minister of Justice, Heiko Maas said that “Finally some things...
Pro-Kurdish singer beaten in Turkey’s Bakırköy Prison after refusing strip search
Pınar Aydınlar, a famous folk singer and party council member of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was beaten by guards at İstanbul’s Bakırköy Prison for...
Reuters research says 60 percent of Turks don’t trust mainstream media
Sixty percent of Turkish people do not trust the news published in the mainstream media, according to a Digital News Report published by the...
Mavi Marmara victim files compensation suit against Turkish Finance Ministry
One of the victims of a 2010 Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara humanitarian aid ship has filed a lawsuit for compensation against the...
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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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