Woman faces detention over alleged Gülen links immediately after giving birth: report
A woman who gave birth in the early hours of the new year in the Turkish capital city of Ankara faces detention due to...
Women’s rights activists demand reinstatement of Istanbul Convention after 2 more femicides
Two women were murdered by their partners on Thursday, causing an outcry among women's rights activists, who demanded reinstatement of the Istanbul Convention, an...
Turkish police raid Left Party for banner protesting withdrawal from Istanbul Convention
Turkish police raided the Left Party’s (SOL Parti) Artvin branch on Friday due to a banner protesting Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, the...
Turkish court acquits abused woman of murdering her husband, setting a precedent for spouses...
A recent trial in which a court found an abused woman had acted in self-defense in killing her husband is crucial in setting a...
Migrant women subject to sexual harassment and physical violence on their journey to Turkey,...
Sociologist Didem Danış has said migrant women face many hurdles on their journey to Turkey, including sexual harassment and physical violence.
Speaking to BBC Turkish...
Turkish women should slam anybody who mentions Istanbul Convention: Erdoğan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that from now on, women in Turkey should react negatively to people who start their sentence with...
Famous Turkish actress convicted of ‘insulting’ former soldier accused of rape
Ezgi Mola, a popular Turkish actress, was convicted on insult charges after she protested in a tweet in August 2020 the release of a...
24 women in Turkey killed by men, 16 died under suspicious circumstances, says report...
A total of 24 women in Turkey were killed in incidents of domestic violence and 16 died under suspicious circumstances in April, the We...
Turkish women start social media campaign against withdrawal from Istanbul Convention
Prominent women in Turkey have started a social media campaign against the government’s decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, the Council of Europe’s...
Turkish women’s rights activist to receive Germany’s Anne Klein Women’s Award 2021
Canan Arın, 78, a Turkish lawyer and women’s rights activist, has been announced as the recipient of Germany’s Anne Klein Women’s Award 2021, according...
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Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abuse of asset freezing mechanisms under the pretext of prevention of...
The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) on Friday released its latest report, “Turkey's Transnational Repression: Abuse of asset freezing mechanisms under the pretext of...
Rule of Law(lessness) in Erdoğan’s Turkey
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This report focuses on how the criminal prosecutions and trials conducted on charges of terrorism since a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016...
Human rights in Turkey: 2021 in review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2021. Increasing pressure on the...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abduction, Rendition and Forcible Return of Erdoğan Critics
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The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) on Thursday released its latest report, “Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abduction, Rendition and Forcible Return of Erdoğan Critics,”...
Turkey’s Abuse of INTERPOL: How Erdoğan Weaponized the International Criminal Police Organization for Transnational...
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has abused INTERPOL in a number of ways.
The Erdoğan government has...
Left Behind to Die: COVID-19 in Turkish Prisons and Discrimination Against Political Prisoners
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This report focuses on amendments made to the Law on the Execution of Sentences and Security Measures in order to decrease Turkey’s prison...
Turkey’s Judicial Council: Guarantor or Annihilator of Judicial Independence
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This report focuses on Turkey’s top judicial administrative body (HSK, previously HSYK) and the country’s judicial architecture. It provides an assessment of the...
Human rights in Turkey: 2020 in review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2020. Rising pressure on the...