More than 5,000 people mistreated or tortured in Turkey in 2021: report
Cases of human rights violations in Turkey last year included 5,488 incidents of torture or mistreatment, with 1,414 of them taking place in prisons,...
Every night when we go to bed, we think of the possibility of arrest...
“Every night when we go to bed, we think of the possibility that we might be taken in the morning. We all carry the...
Elderly political prisoner in critical condition after collapse in overcrowded jail amid extreme heat
A 70-year-old inmate in Turkey is in critical condition after collapsing during a heatwave in an overcrowded prison, raising renewed concerns over the country’s...
Turkey detains 543 people in massive operation targeting Gülen followers
Turkish police have detained 543 people out of 704 named in detention warrants as part of an investigation into the financial activities of followers...
Police detain head of bar association for questioning why he was asked to show...
Ekrem Dönmez, head of the Hatay Bar Association, was briefly detained by the police while dining with his family at a restaurant on Wednesday...
Amnesty launches urgent action campaign to restore refugee status, healthcare access for Syrian man...
Amnesty International has launched an urgent action campaign urging Turkish authorities to reinstate the temporary protection status of a Syrian refugee whose legal rights...
20 Iranian women detained in İstanbul at protest over death of Mahsa Amini
Turkish police detained 20 Iranian women in İstanbul for staging a demonstration in a prohibited area in protest of the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini,...
Turkish police raid wrong house, beat occupant and threaten him
In a case of mistaken identity, police officers raided the house of Süleyman Arıkan in the southeastern city of Diyarbakır and severely beat him,...
Istanbul residents protest luxury housing project on one of last remaining disaster assembly sites
Residents of Istanbul’s Kadıköy district have been protesting plans to turn a 12,000-square-meter area designated for disaster coordination and assembly zones into a luxury housing project, warning...
HDP lawmaker submits 9 parliamentary motions to investigate rights violations in Turkish prisons
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Meral Danış-Beştaş has submitted nine different motions to the parliamentary committee on human rights to investigate rights violations in...
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