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...
Third indictment seeks up to 15-year sentences for May Day demonstrators
A new indictment seeks a prison sentence of up to 15-and-a-half years for 12 people, eight of whom are in pretrial detention, for attempting...
Kyrgyz teacher at school taken over by Ankara-backed foundation detained in Turkey: report
A Kyrgyz math teacher who traveled to Turkey last week for a student competition has not been heard from since Turkish border authorities reportedly...
NASA scientist jailed in Turkey over a dollar bill recounts 3 years in prison
Turkish-American NASA scientist Serkan Gölge on Saturday recounted the nearly three years he spent in prison in Turkey following a coup attempt in 2016...
Ankara wants news outlet of Sweden-based Turkish journalists shut down for NATO bid approval
A news outlet based in Sweden has found itself in the crosshairs of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government due to its critical reporting,...
Turkey’s top court orders gov’t to pay damages to complainant in torture case, reinvestigate...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of an applicant who claimed he had faced torture and inhuman treatment in prison in 2018 and...
Pride march bans follow intensification of anti-LGBT discourse by Turkish officials: HRW
The banning of Pride marches in Turkey for the ninth consecutive year follow an intensification of hateful anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) discourse...
Protesters condemn armed attack on Turkish newspaper office
Dozens of journalists, representatives of political parties, unions and civil society groups gathered Wednesday in the western city of İzmir to denounce an armed...
Netherlands links updating of customs union with Turkey to compliance with ECtHR rulings
The Dutch parliament has voted to make the modernization of the European Union customs union agreement with Turkey conditional on the release of two...
793 women subjected to rape, sexual harassment in custody in Turkey since 1997: report
According to a report by the Legal Aid Bureau against Sexual Harassment and Rape in Custody, which provides free legal support for women subjected...
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Turkey's record on torture and ill-treatment continued to deteriorate in 2025, despite its commitments under international human rights conventions.
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Turkey's campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm...
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