UN rapporteurs raise concerns over prosecution of Turkish LGBTI+ rights defender
United Nations rapporteurs have expressed concern over the prosecution of a trans rights defender in Turkey, saying the case appeared to be linked to...
Turkey’s top court annuls digital search law over privacy safeguards
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has annulled a criminal procedure law that allowed judges to authorize searches and the copying and seizing of suspects’ computers and...
PACE rapporteurs warn Turkey’s opposition must not be silenced by force or courts
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) co-rapporteurs on Turkey said Sunday that the country’s opposition must not be silenced “through force or judicial...
9 CHP members arrested in probe linked to annulled party congress
Nine members of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) have been arrested in an investigation into alleged irregularities at the party’s 2023 congress,...
Erdoğan reverses order to close liberal İstanbul university after protests
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday reversed his decision to close a liberal private university in İstanbul after protests by students and faculty...
Human Rights Watch says Turkey damaging democracy as CHP members detained
Human Rights Watch said on Saturday that the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was undermining democracy through “abusive tactics” against the main...
Turkish riot police use tear gas to enter CHP headquarters
Hundreds of Turkish riot police used tear gas and forced their way into the Ankara headquarters of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)...
Turkish authorities block release of critically ill inmate despite hospitalization risk, opposition lawmaker says
Turkish authorities are blocking the release of a critically ill inmate convicted over alleged Gülen movement links through contradictory prison reports and disputed evaluations,...
Turkish opposition documents 193 cases of prison torture, mistreatment in March human rights report
Turkey’s main opposition party said Thursday it had documented 193 cases of alleged torture and ill-treatment in prisons in March and that journalists, protesters...
Turkish court’s removal of CHP leadership draws international backlash
International criticism has been mounting since a Turkish appeals court annulled the 2023 congress of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), removing party leader Özgür...
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