Torture, mistreatment not allowed in Turkish prisons, justice minister claims
Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said on Saturday that the Turkish government does not allow torture and mistreatment in prisons, claiming it has one...
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...
Turkey-based rights group receives 8 complaints from Diyarbakır prison in a day
The Human Rights Foundation (İHD) has received eight complaints alleging rights violations in a Diyarbakır prison in southeastern Turkey over the course of a...
Turkey’s top court finds prisoner uniforms unconstitutional
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has abolished a regulation requiring a designated group of inmates to wear a uniform on the grounds that it failed to...
Kurdish artist says she was strip-searched, harassed by Turkish police while in custody
Fatma Zozan Bor, a Kurdish artist, has said she was strip-searched as well as verbally and physically harassed by the police after she was...
Turkish lawyer briefly detained after seeking to record client’s torture claim
A Turkish lawyer was briefly detained Wednesday on accusations of “slander of a public official” after he insisted on having his client’s torture allegations...
CHP deputy asks about 7 abducted purge victims in parliamentary question
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu has submitted a parliamentary question to the Parliament Speaker’s Office in which he...
UN expresses grave concern over Myanmar, Thai deportation of Sökmen to Turkey
The United Nations expressed grave concern on Saturday over the deportation by Myanmar and Thailand of a Turkish national Muhammet Furkan Sökmen over alleged...
Report shows chronology of purge in Turkey after a controversial coup attempt in 2016
A report by Turkey Purge on Saturday showed that more than 146,000 people lost their jobs, some 169,013 faced legal proceedings that left over...
Thousands gather in Diyarbakır for pro-Kurdish HDP’s ‘Conscience, Justice and Democracy’ meeting
Thousands of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) supporters have gathered for “Conscience, Justice and Democracy” meeting in Station Square of Diyarbakır province on...
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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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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used family punishment against his opponents.
Sippenhaft, also known as...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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The May 2023 re-election of...