Trans teacher in Turkey says school ended her job after media coverage of gender...
A transgender teacher in Istanbul says a private school terminated her employment after government-aligned media outlets published her former name, photographs and details about...
Top court overturns sentence of journalist convicted under ‘disinformation’ law
In a landmark decision, Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned the conviction of a journalist who was the first in Turkey to be...
Former bureaucrat who turned up in Ankara prison after 9 months missing has lost...
Hüseyin Galip Küçüközyiğit, a former Turkish bureaucrat who had been missing since December 2020 and has been found in Ankara’s Sincan Prison, has lost...
Turkish gov’t still holding 126 construction workers under detention in İstanbul
Turkish police are still holding in custody 126 out of 401 workers who were detained after protests on Friday over labor conditions at the...
More than 5,000 accused of Gülen links caught trying to cross into Europe since...
Turkish security forces have apprehended 5,033 people accused of links to the faith-based Gülen movement while they were attempting to cross from the northwestern...
Turkey records 8 femicides in 2 days
A total of eight women were allegedly killed by their family members over the last two days, the Artı Gerçek news website reported on Monday.The accused...
Enforced disappearance, torture of Turkish gov’t opponents are crimes against humanity, tribunal rapporteur says
The judges of the Turkey Tribunal, a civil society-led, symbolic international tribunal established to adjudicate recent human rights violations in Turkey, on Thursday heard...
Turkish minister’s brother, jailed over alleged Gülen links, lists human rights violations in prison
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Pakdermirli, a university rector and brother of Turkish Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli who has been jailed for over two years...
Turkish court rejects appeal of comedian’s arrest over stand-up show
A Turkish court has rejected an appeal of the arrest of comedian Deniz Göktaş on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and inciting...
Turkish opposition MP raises concern over rising child mortality
Kayıhan Pala, a lawmaker from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has drawn attention to a visible uptick seen in child mortality in...
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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...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...