Top Judge, Paralyzed After Cancer Surgery, Under Arrest At Hospital
Mustafa Erdoğan, a former member Court of Cassation, who was dismissed as part of the government’s post-coup purge of public institutions, has been kept...
Coup suspect colonel says he received order from Gen. Aksakallı to act against a...
One of the suspects in an ongoing trial into a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016 Col. Fırat Alakuş, has said he received...
US sanctions 2 Turkish ministers with leading roles in unjust detention of Pastor Brunson
The United States sanctioned Turkey’s Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül and Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu on Wednesday over the country’s imprisonment of American Pastor Andrew...
Jailed mother says baby contracted dysentery in prison, yet denied medication
Arzu Akçakaya, one of the more than 11,000 women who have been jailed as part of a government crackdown on followers of the Gülen...
Mother of purge-victim beaten by Turkish police for protesting son’s dismissal
Kezban Şaçılık, the septuagenarian mother of the purge-victim Turkish civil servant Veli Şaçılık, was reportedly beaten by a group of Turkish police officers for publicly protesting his...
Human rights activists in Turkey urge action for hunger striker trans
Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) and human rights activists have urged the Turkish Justice Ministry to take action regarding a jailed trans woman named...
Doctor bears witness to torture in Turkish mass detention center: Rape with police truncheon...
A medical doctor who was assigned to conduct physical examinations in a gymnasium-turned-mass detention center following a failed coup in Turkey in 2016 spoke...
Jailed prosecutor kept in solitary confinement with broken arms
Despite his both arms were broken, Muzaffer Bayram, a former prosecutor in Kütahya province has been held in solitary confinement in prison according to...
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...
Turkish police prevent another Saturday Mothers meeting in İstanbul
Preventing a sit-in of the Saturday Mothers at İstanbul's Galatasaray Square, with the protest now in its 701st week, Turkish police blocked the entrance...
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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...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: 2025 in Review
Turkey's campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm...
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During the year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged links with the faith-based Gülen movement, which he described...
Women’s rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
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