European rights court rules against Turkey for excessive length of civil proceedings
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Thursday that Turkey violated former judge Sedef Ayvaz’s rightto adjudication of a complaint by a...
Ailing 83-year-old prisoner, not released despite serious health problems, put in intensive care
Mehmet Emin Özkan, an 83-year-old inmate who was not released by authorities despite suffering from severe health problems, was hospitalized on Tuesday night after...
Ex-police chief debunks coup claims against 2013 graft probe in interview published after his...
Former deputy police commissioner Hüseyin Korkmaz says in a final recorded interview, posted on YouTube after his death earlier this month, that the December...
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog fines stations critical of gov’t $1.84 million in 2021
Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) imposed TL 21.5 million ($1.84 million) in fines in 2021 on TV channels with critical stances towards...
23 rights groups call for release of Istanbul Bar board member
Twenty-three human rights organizations have called for the immediate release of İstanbul Bar Association executive board member Fırat Epözdemir, who was arrested last week...
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...
UN panel calls for immediate release of former general, serving life sentence over alleged...
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has determined that the imprisonment of Akın Öztürk, the former commander of the Turkish Air Force...
Turkish authorities take legal action against IHD and association chair Öztürk Türkdoğan
Turkish authorities have taken legal action against the Human Rights Association (IHD), an NGO monitoring human rights violations in Turkey since 1986, and its...
Press groups condemn detention of 4 journalists in Turkey, call for their release
Press freedom and human rights organizations have condemned the detention of four journalists in Turkey, calling it a crackdown on independent media and demanding...
27 int’l rights, press groups call for release of jailed TV journalist Sedef Kabaş
Twenty-nine international human rights and journalists organizations have in a joint statement called for the release of prominent TV journalist Sedef Kabaş from pre-trial detention...
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