Turkish Ministry of Justice reports 1,026 prison deaths in 17 months
A total of 1,026 inmates died in Turkish prisons between July 2023 and December 2024, the Velev news website reported, citing data released by the...
Rights activist writer gets suspended sentence over Kobani tweet
A suspended prison sentence of 15 months has been handed down to a writer, lawyer and human rights activist in Turkey due to a...
Turkish authorities launch investigation into dissidents staging demonstration in Copenhagen
Turkish authorities have launched an investigation into a group of dissidents who staged a peaceful demonstration in June in Copenhagen, raising fresh concerns about...
Turkish gov’t refuses to raise minimum wage in July despite soaring inflation
A minister from Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has ruled out the prospects of an interim increase in the monthly minimum wage...
Strasbourg protest to call for ‘justice for everyone’ as Turkish rights violations, CoE inaction...
Thousands of Turkish expatriates are expected to gather in Strasbourg on Wednesday for the fourth annual demonstration outside the Council of Europe (CoE) and...
Opposition MP accuses justice ministry of lying about mistreatment, torture in Turkish prisons
Human rights defender and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has accused Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ of lying about mistreatment and...
Turkish Red Crescent: Relief organization or for-profit company?
Turkey is debating whether its top charity organization, the Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay), is a relief organization or a for-profit company after a recent...
Pro-Kurdish party calls on parliamentary committee to visit PKK leader’s island prison
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (HEDEP) has urged the parliament’s Committee on Human Rights Inquiry to visit the prison on İmralı Island...
Turkey records 3 femicides within a day
Three women across Turkey were killed within a 24-hour period by men from whom they were divorcing or separating, the Evrensel newspaper reported on...
Women’s rights activists to demonstrate at top court for reinstatement of Istanbul Convention
Representatives from Turkey’s women’s rights organizations and lawyers will gather early on April 28 in front of the Council of State, Turkey’s highest administrative...
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