Iranian activist facing deportation from Turkey fears torture and death penalty
Iranian citizen Maryam Shariatmadari, who went to Turkey on a tourist visa after receiving a prison sentence in Iran for protesting, was detained by...
Woman falsely convicted of terrorism says her imprisonment has taken a toll on children’s...
Nesibe Nur Akkaş (41), a homemaker and mother of three imprisoned on bogus terrorism charges, said her imprisonment has scattered her children around the...
Turkish parliament to amend law after Erdoğan’s call for suspension of lawyers accused of...
Turkey’s governing party has started working on an amendment to the law on lawyers following President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s call on September 1 for...
Outrage boils over as ECHR president meets with Turkish President Erdoğan: report
President Róbert Ragnar Spanó met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the presidential palace on Thursday, drawing backlash from critics, Turkish Minute reported.
Spanó...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court denies release request of inmate with brain tumors and disabled son
Turkey’s Constitutional Court last week denied the request for release of Lütfi Koç (46), a political prisoner suffering from two brain tumors and a...
Jailed Kurdish leader not allowed to see his daughters
Jailed former Co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş was not allowed to see his daughters on Tuesday due to coronavirus-related...
Asylum seeker pushed back to Turkey by Greek authorities speaks of intolerable prison conditions
Mehtap Karpuzcu (35), one of the refugees on a boat that was pushed back to Turkey by the Greek coast guard on August 16,...
European rights court president sparks criticism for considering acceptance of honorary degree from Istanbul...
President of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) Róbert Ragnar Spanó, who is expected to visit Turkey this week, prompted criticism after it...
Female officer raped in detention by Turkish police had to abort pregnancy: report
A female officer who had served in the Turkish army had to have an abortion after she was raped in police custody, Lt. Abdulvahap...
Human rights activist and former teacher arrested for protesting human rights violations
Acun Karadağ, a human rights activist and a former teacher who was dismissed from her job by an emergency decree-law as part of a...
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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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