At least 40 Turkish journalists appeared in court in March: opposition lawmaker
At least 40 journalists appeared before a judge and seven were detained in Turkey in March, according to a report released Thursday by an...
Dismissed military officer injured in factory explosion dies, exposing deep human cost of Turkey’s...
A former Turkish military officer who was dismissed by emergency decree in the aftermath of a 2016 coup attempt has died of injuries sustained...
Iranian asylum seeker injured in workplace accident found dead after months without adequate care
An Iranian asylum seeker who was seriously injured in a workplace accident in Eskişehir province 10 months ago has been found dead, allegedly after...
Turkey’s top court finds discrimination in denial of retirement payment to dismissed civil servant
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a former public servant was subjected to unlawful discrimination when he was denied a retirement payment following his...
Family of Gülistan Doku battered by police and detained in front of Justice Ministry
The family of Gülistan Doku, a young Kurdish woman who went missing on January 5, 2020, was battered by the police yesterday and detained...
ECtHR faults Turkey for canceling 3 academics’ passports after 2016 coup
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights as well as...
Migration experts say anti-migrant sentiment in Turkey has reached a tipping point
Migration experts have said anti-migrant sentiment among the Turkish public has reached a tipping point and could result in a pogrom.
Lawyer Ayşegül Karpuz and...
European mayors to visit İstanbul in show of support for jailed İmamoğlu
European Parliament member Dario Nardella announced on social media over the weekend that a group of European mayors will travel to İstanbul this week to show...
UN’s failure to extend cross-border mechanism puts lives at risk in Syria: int’l relief...
International humanitarian relief organizations are expressing concern about the failure of the UN Security Council to extend the authorization of the humanitarian cross-border mechanism...
Migrant freezes to death after being pushed back by Bulgaria at Turkish border
A migrant froze to death in a village on the Bulgarian border in the western Turkish province of Edirne after being beaten and pushed...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2024.
Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...