Turkey’s top court sanctions decree giving immunity to mobs accused of lynching soldiers
In a unanimous decision, Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday found a government decree that granted immunity to civilians who were involved in criminal activities...
4 judges associations in Europe send letter to Turkish justice minister for release of...
Several leading European judges’ associations have sent a joint letter to Turkish Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç calling for the denial of the conditional...
70 percent of Kurdish youths face discrimination, research shows
Seventy percent of Kurdish youths in Turkey encounter discrimination in their daily lives, according to joint research conducted by the Rawest Research Center, the...
Amnesty says Somali strikes with Turkish drones killed civilians
Twin airstrikes by Somalia’s military using Turkish drones killed 23 civilians, including 14 children, in March, rights watchdog Amnesty International said on Tuesday, calling for an...
The Year in Review: Crackdown on the Gülen Movement
According to Human Rights Watch, the largest group targeted by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan consists of people alleged to have links to the...
Human rights organizations urge Turkey to end bans on Saturday Mothers vigils
Amnesty International and several human rights organizations including the Civil Rights Defenders, the Civicus Global Alliance and EuroMed Rights have called on Turkish authorities...
Kavala, Demirtaş’s continued imprisonment makes mockery of Erdogan’s rights plan: Amnesty International
Amnesty International’s (AI) Europe Director Nils Muižnieks has said Turkey’s failure to release Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala and Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş from jail...
Yalçınkaya v Türkiye: The implications and potential consequences of continuing non-compliance
Dr Suzanne Egan
In light of the recent judgment of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Yalçınkaya v Türkiye, this...
Turkey freezes assets of 377 people, organizations on terror charges
Turkey has frozen the assets of 377 individuals and institutions, including the US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gülen and people with links to the worldwide...
Principal accused of harassment reappointed to girls high school
The principal of a coeducational high school who has been accused by four female teachers of sexual harassment has been reappointed to a girls’...
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