IBAHRI calls on Turkish gov’t to end torture of detained lawyers, persecution of HR...
The International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), an international lawyers group, has released a statement to mark the "2018 Day of the Endangered Lawyer" amid...
Jailed Turkish journalist Şahin Alpay: Injustice I endure must come to an end
Şahin Alpay, a jailed Turkish veteran journalist and columnist of now-closed Zaman and Today’s Zaman dailies, has said in a letter that "I am...
MİT officials, captured by PKK, talk on Erdoğan government’s ties with ISIL
Erhan Pekçetin and Aydın Günel, two high ranking Turkish National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) officials, who were captured by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)...
Turkish charitable businessman’s heart couldn’t bear Erdoğan regime’s oppressions
Naim Çıtır, founding chairman of Konya Business Union AKTİSAD, who was jailed and whose assets were confiscated during the Turkish government's massive post-coup witch...
Erdoğan says Turkey de facto launches Afrin operation, Manbij is next
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Saturday that the Turkish military has de facto launched a ground operation in Syria's northwestern province...
Erdoğan advisor likens Turkey purge to Aborigine, Native American, Armenian cases
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s chief advisor, Mehmet Uçum, has said the Turkish state can apologize to the victims of a post-coup era...
HRW: Prosecutions of alleged followers of Gülen movement lack of evidence, criminal activity
New York-based international human rights organisation, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has highlighted worsening situation with regards to human rights, rule of law, freedom of...
COMMENTARY — The UN confirms torture and abuse in Turkey
A damning report by the United Nations on allegations of torture and ill treatment in Turkey’s prisons and detention centers under an extended state...
Turkish purge-victim dies of multiple sclerosis weeks after being released from prison
Mesut Dinç, a former court clerk dismissed and later arrested by the Turkish government over coup charges, has died of multiple sclerosis (MS) several...
Turkish woman sent back to jail with her newborn baby a day after delivery
Ayşe Ateş, who was jailed when she was five months pregnant due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, gave birth at an İzmir...
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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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Throughout the year human rights organizations...
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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...
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