Erdoğan harassed top court judges over removal of freeze on HDP funds: report

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan telephoned some members of Turkey’s Constitutional Court earlier this month to account for their decision to remove a freeze...

ECtHR rules Greece should not remove 7 Turkish asylum seekers who fear pushback

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that seven Turkish asylum seekers –- including a child –- who crossed from Turkey to...

ECtHR faults Turkey for canceling 3 academics’ passports after 2016 coup

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights as well as...

European judges association, Belgian law firm, NGO take Turkey’s alleged crimes against humanity to...

A law firm and two nongovernmental organizations advocating human rights and the rule of law have sent a communication to the International Criminal Court...

PACE co-rapporteurs call on Turkey to implement ECtHR rulings following visit to Kavala in...

The co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Turkey by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) have called on Turkey to implement European...

Administrative court in Turkey reinstates dismissed ‘Peace Academic’

The Ankara 21st Administrative Court on Monday announced its decision to reinstate academic Dinçer Demirkent, who was dismissed from his job by an emergency...

Turkey has largest number of cases pending before European rights court

Approximately 20,100 applications from Turkey are pending before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), making it the highest case-count country since Aug. 1,...

Turkey’s top court rejects delay to HDP closure ruling

Turkey’s top court has rejected a pro-Kurdish opposition party’s request to defer until after May elections a trial that could end in the party’s...

Rejection of request for return of property violated church foundation’s rights: Turkey’s top court

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of the Hasköy Aya Paraskevi Church Foundation and said the General Directorate of Foundations’ rejection of its...

Sweden refuses to extradite 4 people on Turkey’s list, including a former police chief

The Swedish government has decided to reject Turkey's request for the extradition of four Turkish citizens, including former police chief Murat Çetiner, Swedish public...
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