Amid a culture of impunity, courts protect people in positions of power, lawyers say
Lawyers involved in legal proceedings concerning vulnerable communities in Turkey have said the judiciary often protects people in power by granting them impunity.
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UN committee faults Turkey in case of teacher who died in custody after arrest...
The United Nations Human Rights Committee on Wednesday released its decision concerning an application submitted on behalf of a teacher who was allegedly tortured...
ECtHR faults Turkey for arresting journalist after 2016 coup
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated Articles 5 (1), (3), (4), (5) and 10 of the European Convention...
PEN Int’l calls on Turkey to drop charges against sociologist in exile
PEN International has said Turkish authorities should drop all charges against prominent sociologist and PEN Turkey member Pınar Selek over a deadly 1998 explosion...
Turkish gov’t sentences four journalists up to 9 years in prison
A Turkish court in Adana province has handed down prison sentences varying from 7 years, 6 months to 9 years to four journalists on charges...
Turkish prison blocks delivery of Islamic scholar Nursi’s writings sent for inmates
Turkey’s Silivri Prison, known for housing prisoners jailed over Gülen links, has rejected a shipment of the writings of the late Islamic scholar Said...
Syrian refugee made to travel in handcuffs for 17 hours
A Syrian refugee who didn’t want to be named for reasons of safety was made to travel in handcuffs for 17 hours to a...
Minority groups in Turkish provinces hit by quakes face discrimination
Members of minority groups living in Turkey’s southern provinces that were hit by devastating earthquakes in early February have been exposed to discrimination based...
Silivri Prison inmates complain of ill-treatment, poor prison conditions, says parliamentary committee report
Inmates at Silivri Prison in İstanbul said they had been mistreated and that prison conditions were very poor, according to a report by the...
ECtHR faults Greece over 2019 pushback of Turkish national who fled Erdoğan’s crackdown
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has unanimously found Greece in violation of multiple articles of the European Convention on Human Rights, citing...
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