15-year-old girl released pending trial after 12-day detention
A 15-year-old Kurdish girl who was taken into police custody along with other family members was released 12 days later, Turkish media reported on...
Human rights group reports 248 alleged Turkish torturers to German federal authorities
Human Rights Defenders (HRD) filed a criminal complaint with the Office of the German Federal Public Prosecutor (GBA) against 248 individuals including government agents...
Man missing for more than 3 months reveals he was abducted, tortured by Turkish...
Zabit Kişi, who disappeared for more than a hundred days after he was reportedly turned over by Kazakhstan to Turkish intelligence and put on...
Deputy asks for parliamentary investigation into torture claims
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Ağrı deputy Dirayet Dilan Taşdemir has submitted an inquiry to the Turkish Parliament on claims of torture in Ankara and...
Joint NGO submits observations on Turkey to UN Committee Against Torture
The Stockholm Center for Freedom and four other NGOs on Friday submitted a series of observations to the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) on...
Pregnant woman jailed over Gülen links subjected to torture: rights activist
A woman who was five months into her pregnancy when she was arrested due to her alleged links to the Gülen movement was subjected...
Turkish professor diagnosed with cancer denied passport although acquitted of all charges
Haluk Savaş, a Turkish professor of psychiatry who was expelled from his university by a government decree, has been denied a passport despite the...
Journalist Yücel says subjected to torture in Turkish prison
German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel says he was tortured during his near year-long detention in Turkey, in court testimony seen by Deutsche Welle, holding Turkish...
Purge victim dies of heart attack in Turkish prison
Muzaffer Özcengiz, a teacher who was dismissed from his job and jailed after a controversial coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016, died...
Young epileptic dies of heart attack in Turkish prison
Rıdvan Barış, an 18-year-old inmate in Turkey’s East, on Sunday died of a heart attack, allegedly to the disinterest of prison staff, according to...
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Turkey's political opposition faced intensifying pressure in 2025, with the judiciary emerging as the primary instrument for targeting dissenting voices. The most far-reaching measures...
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Turkey's record on torture and ill-treatment continued to deteriorate in 2025, despite its commitments under international human rights conventions.
Throughout the year human rights organizations...
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Women’s rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
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