Turkey ranks 124th out of 146 countries in WEF gender gap report
Turkey has been ranked 124th out of 146 countries with respect to inequalities between men and women, according to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global...
44 rights groups, advocates call for stop to pushbacks in joint letter to EU
Forty-four human rights organizations and advocates have signed a joint letter addressing European Union officials, asking them to extend their support to stop pushbacks...
European rights court says Turkey failed to comply with its Kavala judgement
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) said Turkey failed to comply with a binding judgment of the court in December 2019 which found...
Changes to Turkey’s Press Ethics Code feared to contribute to increasing censorship
Turkey’s Press Advertising Agency (BİK), the state body responsible for regulating publicly funded advertisements in the media, has changed the Press Ethics Code, adding...
Turkish healthcare workers stage nationwide protest over murder of cardiologist
Physicians and healthcare workers across Turkey took to the streets on Thursday as they went on a two-day strike to protest the recent murder...
Opposition party to pay damages for likening Erdoğan’s son-in-law to a thief, court says
A Turkish appeals court has announced its reasoned decision concerning its upholding last week of a local court’s ruling ordering the main opposition party...
Court releases 8 more cadets convicted on coup charges
An İstanbul court has released pending retrial eight more military cadets who had been convicted on coup charges and sentenced to life in prison...
Turkish government complicit in IS’s massacre of Yazidi population in Syria and Iraq, says...
A recent report drafted by human rights lawyers in the United Kingdom has revealed that the Turkish government was complicit in the so-called Islamic...
Turkey’s top judicial body disbars 2 more judges over Gülen links
Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has disbarred two more judges due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, Turkish Minute reported.
The...
3 journalists detained in Ankara for protesting arrest of 16 colleagues
Turkish police have detained three journalists for attending a demonstration protesting the arrest of 16 of their colleagues on charges of membership in a...
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey in 2025, a year marked by continued democratic...
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used family punishment against his opponents.
Sippenhaft, also known as...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2023.
The May 2023 re-election of...
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