Top court upholds hundreds of life sentences in Turkey’s 2016 coup attempt trial
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld sentences handed down to 430 of 469 defendants, most of whom were sentenced to life in...
Security personnel disrupt students’ attempts to put up Christmas decorations
University security at the prestigious Istanbul University on Monday clashed with students who were putting up Christmas decorations, Turkish media reported.
A video recording of...
Top court rejects application alleging negligence by public officials in 2015 Ankara bombings
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected an individual application claiming negligence by public officials in the 2015 Ankara train station bombings, the biggest terrorist attack...
ECtHR notifies Turkey of 1,000 applications over Gülen movement convictions after landmark ruling
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has notified Ankara of 1,000 applications in its docket for convictions of Gülen movement membership over the...
Turkey tightens internet censorship, bans access to 16 VPN providers
Turkey’s Information and Communications Technologies Authority (BTK) has banned access to 16 VPN providers that are frequently used to circumvent government censorship, Turkish Minute...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court rules in favor of labor unions over Labor Day demonstrations
The Constitutional Court of Turkey has ruled that the violent police obstruction of Labor Day gatherings in İstanbul’s historic Taksim Square in 2014 and...
Watchdog investigation contradicts defense of prison administration accused of mistreatment
An investigation conducted by the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey (TIHEK) in an Ankara prison has found factual inaccuracies in the prison...
RSF says Turkey repeatedly jails journalists to intimidate them
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a nongovernmental organization focusing on safeguarding the right to freedom of information, has said Turkey uses repeated imprisonment of journalists...
Ailing man sent to prison to serve sentence on conviction of Gülen links
An ailing elderly man was arrested and sent to prison on Monday to serve a six-year, three-month sentence on conviction of links to the...
Turkey’s top court drags its feet on second petition from jailed MP
The Constitutional Court of Turkey has sent a second petition filed by a jailed opposition lawmaker claiming the violation of his rights to the...
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Throughout the year human rights organizations...
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Women’s rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
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