Teacher sentenced to 7,5 years of imprisonment over ‘insulting’ Turkey’s Erdoğan
Teacher Fırat Erdem, who was working in Sason district of Turkey's southeastern Batman province, was sentenced to 7 years, 7 months and 19 days...
Turkish uplink technician Cuma Kaya faces life time jail for providing service to critical...
A Turkish media worker, who has been jailed by Turkish government under the rule of autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for almost 16 months,...
TİHV: Turkish gov’t declares 268 curfews in 47 districts in 11 provinces in 2...
The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) has stated that at least 268 curfews were declared in at least 47 districts in 11 provinces...
Turkish pro-gov’t TV channel closed down following resignation of Ankara mayor Gökçek
Turkish pro-government TV channel Kanal A, which has been on air for 21 years, was closed. The television channel, which is supported by Ankara's...
Visually impaired Turkish journalist’s letter shows he can barely survive in prison
A letter sent by visually impaired Turkish journalist Cüneyt Arat, who was sent to prison last July due to his alleged links to the...
Turkish court sentences pro-Kurdish deputy Pir for 11-month prison over alleged insult
A Diyarbakır court has sentenced the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Diuyarbakır deputy Ziya Sir to 11 months and 20 days in prison for criticizing the...
Turkey Purge: 3,158 detained, 1,127 jailed in past 30 days over coup charges
A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down, taken...
Report: Turkish government keeps more than 70,000 students in prisons
Turkish Justice Ministry has announced that there are currently 70,000 students in prisons across the country. However, according to a report by Figen Atalay...
Turkish gov’t jails prominent social activist Osman Kavala after 2 weeks of detention
Osman Kavala, one of Turkey’s most prominent businessmen, social activist and the chairman of İstanbul-based Anadolu Kültür Association, was put in pretrial detention after spending two...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 112, detains 45 people over JWF links
Turkish government, under the rule of autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has issued detention warrants for 112 people over the links to the Journalists...
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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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