Female student subjected to unlawful strip-search files complaint amid government’s persistent denial
A female student who was subjected to an unlawful strip-search in detention has filed a complaint with the prosecutor’s office after top government officials...
Celebrity gets suspended sentence for ‘insulting’ former soldier convicted of rape
A Turkish court has handed down a suspended sentence to popular actress Farah Zeynep Abdullah on insult charges due to her criticism of a...
Delayed forensic report in student’s death fuels claims of negligence
Turkey’s Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) on Friday released updated findings in the death of university student Rojin Kabaiş, which have reignited public outrage...
Sex crime convictions increased 10-fold in Turkey in 10 years: report
The number of people convicted of sex crimes in Turkey saw a sharp increase from 562 in 2009 to 5,800 in 2019, a 10-fold...
52.3 pct of Turks are against withdrawal from Istanbul Convention: survey
A survey conducted by pollster Metropoll has revealed that 52.3 percent of Turks are against the government's decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention,...
Turkish Twitter users stand against sexual harassment and unlawful strip searches in Turkish prisons
Sexual harassment and unlawful strip-searches in Turkish prisons and detention centers were protested on Twitter on Tuesday after human rights activist and pro-Kurdish Peoples’...
Turkey’s top court overturns aggravated life sentence in brutal femicide case
Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned the aggravated life sentence of a man who brutally murdered a young woman in 2020, sparking outrage...
Turkish authorities investigate women’s group for throwing headscarves on the ground during anti-Taliban protest
Turkish authorities have launched an investigation into a women's group for throwing headscarves on the ground in a protest against the Taliban in August,...
Pro-gov’t columnist Dilipak called LGBTQ people, not women’s rights activists, ‘prostitutes,’ his lawyer claims
At a court hearing on Wednesday the lawyer for pro-government columnist Abdurrahman Dilipak said his client had not targeted women supporting the Istanbul Convention...
Gender gap in Turkish parliament to remain, parties’ candidate lists reveal
The parliamentary candidate lists of 26 political parties for the May 14 general election have revealed that the gender gap in the Turkish parliament...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2022. Authoritarianism continued to gain ground...
Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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This report focuses on how illegal pushbacks by Greek authorities have devastating consequences on Turkish asylum seekers upon their return to Turkey.
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