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Erdoğan’s centralized presidential government has set back Turkey’s human rights record by decades: Human...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's centralized presidential government has set back Turkey's human rights record by decades, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in its...

Turkey marks Human Rights Day amid widespread rights violations

Turkey is celebrating Human Rights Day this year in an environment in which thousands of people have died as a result of human rights...

Council of Europe ‘strongly’ urges Turkish authorities to release Demirtaş

The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers on Thursday adopted an interim resolution “strongly urging” Turkish authorities to assure the immediate release of imprisoned Kurdish...

Council of Europe to begin disciplinary process against Turkey over jailed activist

The Council of Europe said Friday it will launch disciplinary action against Turkey for refusing to free prominent activist and businessman Osman Kavala, triggering...

Ankara urges Council of Europe to avoid any decision against Turkey

Turkey on Thursday called on the Council of Europe to refrain from punishing it ahead of a decision this week on whether Ankara should...

Amnesty International urges Council of Europe to launch infringement proceedings against Turkey

Amnesty International on Friday called on member states of the Council of Europe (CoE) to institute infringement proceedings against Turkey for failing to implement...

ECtHR condemns Turkey over post-coup arrests of judges and prosecutors

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that Turkey had acted unlawfully by arresting more than 400 judges and prosecutors after...

Brussels protestors demand release of end-stage cancer patient, sick prisoners in Turkey

Dozens of human rights activists and a Belgian senator gathered in Brussels’ Luxembourg Square on Saturday to protest the imprisonment of Ayşe Özdoğan, a...

Far-right party leader renews call for closure of Turkey’s top court

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s far-right ally, renewed his call for the closure of Turkey’s Constitutional Court (AYM)...

Human rights violations cannot be considered the internal affairs of a country, says former...

Former European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judge Rıza Türmen said human rights violations are not the internal affairs of a country and that...
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