Iranian Kurdish dissident in İstanbul dies from gunshot wounds: reports
An Iranian Kurdish dissident has died after being shot while walking home in İstanbul, Turkish media reported on Wednesday, in what rights groups described...
Woman jailed over Gülen links allowed to see son hospitalized with cancer for half...
Currently incarcerated Gülten Sayın, the mother of 6-year-old Yusuf Kerim Sayın, who is suffering from bone cancer, was allowed to visit her son in...
Widespread or systematic imprisonment of individuals with alleged links to Gülen movement may constitute...
Widespread or systematic imprisonment of individuals with alleged links to the Gülen movement may constitute crimes against humanity, said the UN Human Rights Council’s...
Turkey to grant financial crimes unit the power to freeze bank accounts instantly
The Turkish Parliament is preparing to give the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) the power to immediately freeze bank accounts linked to suspicious transactions,...
Ankara prosecutor’s office refuses to pursue case of female journalists allegedly strip-searched
A criminal complaint filed by female journalists who were detained on October 29 and claim to have been strip-searched at Sincan Prison in Ankara...
Appeals court upholds light sentence given to police officer who killed 2 children with...
A regional appeals court upheld a light prison sentence given to a police officer convicted of killing two children with an armored police vehicle...
ECtHR risks legitimizing Turkey’s ‘bad-faith’ regime with increased deference to Turkish courts: study
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is in danger of legitimizing Turkey’s authoritarian turn by leaning too heavily on subsidiarity, a legal doctrine...
Crackdown on Human Rights Defenders: 2022 in Review
The situation of human rights defenders in Turkey has significantly deteriorated since a coup attempt in July 2016, with the HRDs subjected to judicial...
Turkey marks Universal Children’s Day amid widespread children’s rights violations: report
Turkey is celebrating Universal Children’s Day this year in an environment where dozens of children have died in work-related accidents and access to education...
3 more journalists arrested in Turkey
Three of six journalists who were detained in an operation on Dec. 25 were arrested by an İstanbul court, after 24 days under detention,...
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