Turkey earns worst due process score globally after sharp decline in freedoms under Erdoğan:...
Turkey has experienced one of the sharpest declines in freedoms globally over the past two decades under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, receiving the lowest...
Turkey-based rights group received 155 complaints from high-security prisons in past 20 months: report
The Human Rights Association (İHD) has announced in a new report that in all of 2022 and the first eight months of 2023 it...
Turkey’s top court limits Erdoğan’s economic powers in ruling, citing violation of constitutional rights
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has annulled a legal provision granting the president sweeping authority to make decisions that directly affect major economic activities, ruling that...
Turkish authorities detain 8 people over alleged ties to the Gülen movement
Turkish authorities have detained 8 people in western Turkey’s İzmir province over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Tr724 news website reported.
The...
Jailed former judge who underwent major surgery not released despite eligibility for parole
Dismissed judge Mustafa Başer, an inmate who is suffering from cancer and underwent major surgery on Tuesday, is not being released from prison despite...
93 inmates have died in Turkish prisons in the last 17 months: report
Ninety-three inmates have died in Turkish prisons since January 2022, the Mezopotamya News Agency (MA) reported, citing data from the Human Rights Association (İHD).
Fifteen inmates...
Germany urges Turkey to release Demirtaş, Kavala as part of human rights action plan
The German Federal Foreign Office has called on the Turkish government to immediately release its political prisoners, some of whom are in jail despite...
Human rights group reports 118 arrests, 842 detentions during Rojava protests in Turkey
At least 842 people were detained and 118 arrested during demonstrations held across Turkey to protest Damascus’s military campaign against Kurdish-led forces in the...
Erdoğan’s party reintroduces controversial proposal allowing government to appoint trustees to companies under investigation
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has reintroduced a contentious proposal allowing the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) to be appointed as trustees...
Lengthy prison terms handed down to Kurdish leaders draw global condemnation
An Ankara court’s verdict handing down lengthy prison sentences to dozens of Kurdish politicians, including imprisoned leaders Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ, has drawn...
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