Rights abuses at women’s prison in Turkey amount to crimes against humanity, lawmaker says
A Turkish opposition lawmaker has alleged serious rights abuses at İzmir Şakran Women's Prison, including denial of medical care, strip-searches and arbitrary restrictions on...
Turkish lawmaker urges release of mother jailed with toddler over alleged links to Gülen...
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a prominent human rights defender and a deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), has called on...
Turkish authorities deem paralyzed inmate with brain tumor fit for prison
Turkey’s Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) has again ruled that 73-year-old Mehmet Emin Çam can remain in prison, rejecting calls for his release on...
European MPs who paid pre-electoral visit to Turkey call for free, fair, transparent elections
Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) have called for free, fair and transparent elections following their visit to Ankara to assess the...
22 hospitals in Turkey, Syria damaged by devastating quakes: WHO
A total of 22 hospitals in Turkey and Syria were damaged by devastating earthquakes on February 6, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Rights groups say Kobani trial aimed at excluding Kurds from political life
Human Rights Watch and the Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project have accused Turkey of criminalizing free speech to ensure the arbitrary detention of...
Passport refusal reveals travel ban on fallen officer imposed 9 years after his death
Turkish authorities’ refusal to issue a passport to a 10-year-old girl has revealed that in 2025 a Turkish court had imposed an international travel...
Turkey ranks 117th among 142 countries in global rule of law index
Turkey was ranked 117th among 142 countries in the rule of law index published by the World Justice Project (WJP) on Wednesday, dropping one rank in...
Corruption is entrenched in presidential system in Turkey, opposition leader says
Former Turkish prime minister and current leader of the opposition Future Party (GP) Ahmet Davutoğlu has sharply criticized the country’s presidential system of governance,...
Police interrogated minors in custody without lawyer present, falsified statements: MP
Opposition deputy and leading human rights advocate Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has claimed that the police questioned minors who were detained on Tuesday in the...
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