Turkish journalist indicted after complaint by minister’s husband over corruption report
Turkish prosecutors have indicted journalist İsmail Arı on accusations of “creating the perception of involvement in corruption” following a complaint by Rahmi Göktaş, who...
Turkey’s top court rules monitoring of PKK inmates’ meetings with lawyers violated rights
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the recording and monitoring of meetings between inmates convicted on charges linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party...
Turkish court acquits far-right opposition leader of insulting the president
A Turkish court on Tuesday acquitted far-right opposition leader Ümit Özdağ in a case in which prosecutors had sought up to nearly five years...
Turkish general faces investigation for allegedly insulting Erdoğan
Turkish prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into an active-duty general over allegations that he made insulting remarks about President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and...
Epstein documents cite claims of minors brought from Turkey
Court documents released by the US Justice Department in the Jeffrey Epstein case include an unverified allegation that minors may have been transported from Turkey as...
Turkey detains 7 for helping families of people jailed over Gülen links
Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained seven people on accusations of providing financial assistance to the families of individuals jailed or dismissed from their jobs...
Internet freedom worsened in Turkey in 2024, with 740,624 domain names and 8,762 news...
Internet freedom in Turkey deteriorated in 2024, with authorities blocking access to 740,624 domain names and 8,762 news reports, according to the 2024 Internet...
Over one in six people in Turkey addicted to drugs
Drug addiction in Turkey climbed to nearly 15 million people in 2025, up from more than 10 million a year earlier, according to the...
ECtHR sets 6-week deadline for interventions ahead of March Kavala hearing
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has set a six-week deadline for third-party interventions ahead of a hearing scheduled for March in the...
Turkey detains 22 from İstanbul’s Şile Municipality amid crackdown on main opposition
Turkish prosecutors have detained 22 people from a district municipality in Istanbul run by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) as part of...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2022. Authoritarianism continued to gain ground...
Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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This report focuses on how illegal pushbacks by Greek authorities have devastating consequences on Turkish asylum seekers upon their return to Turkey.
In recent years...