Top court finds rights violation in blocking of Bank Asya customer’s funds
In a landmark decision, Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of an applicant who claimed she was blocked from withdrawing money from her...
Turkey was Europe’s largest plastic waste destination in 2020: report
The European Union exported some 660,000 tons of plastic waste to Turkey in 2020, making it the bloc’s largest plastic waste destination, Turkish Minute...
Turkish authorities start legal process to close down the We Will Stop Femicide Platform
Turkish authorities have started the legal process to close down women's rights organization the We Will Stop Femicide Platform (Kadın Cinayetlerini Durduracağız Platformu).
The platform...
Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize-winning Turkish judge sentenced to 10 years
Murat Aslan, president of the now-dissolved Judges and Prosecutors Association (YARSAV), was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday on trumped-up charges of...
Court in western Turkey sentences 4 activists over Boğaziçi protests
A Turkish court in İzmir has handed down varying prison sentences to four people due to their attendance at a gathering in support of...
Turkey’s opposition, legal experts criticize draft PKK peace law over due process, constitutionality
Turkey’s proposed legal framework for implementing its renewed peace process with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) drew criticism from opposition parties and legal...
ECtHR finds no public officials at fault in 2015 Ankara bombings
In a development likely to cause great disappointment among families of the victims of Turkey’s deadliest terrorist attack, the European Court of Human Rights...
Court imposes travel ban on anti-refugee mayor in northwestern Turkey
A court in northwestern Turkey has imposed a travel ban on Bolu Mayor Tanju Özcan, notorious for his anti-refugee policies, as part of a...
‘They will not discourage us,’ say women subjected to strip-searches in police custody
Two inmates from the left-wing Socialist Women's Assembly (SKM) have said they were subjected to unlawful strip-searches while in custody at Istanbul Police headquarters...
Rights advocates warn of shelter shortages, gaps in protection for women in Turkey
Rights advocates in Turkey say the country has too few shelters for women fleeing violence, warning that limited capacity and failures to enforce protection...
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Turkey’s Post-Coup Crackdown, 10 Years On: A Decade’s Legacy
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This report examines how the sweeping measures introduced in Turkey following the coup attempt of July 15, 2016 evolved over the next decade...
UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights Violations...
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This report analyzes UN findings on Turkey’s post-2016 counterterrorism measures targeting people with alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement.
Drawing on opinions of...
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The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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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...
Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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Sippenhaft, also known as...