human rights
Turkish prosecutors ordered detention of 110 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkey
November 21, 2021
Turkish prosecutors ordered detention of 110 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 110 people due to alleged links to the Gülen…
27 children killed, 160 subjected to sexual abuse in Turkey in 2021: report
Turkey
November 21, 2021
27 children killed, 160 subjected to sexual abuse in Turkey in 2021: report
A report by human rights defender and opposition deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu has revealed that at least 27 children were killed…
Turkey’s new terrorism financing law is used to criminalize activities of human rights groups, says LGBTQ+ activist
Turkey
October 30, 2021
Turkey’s new terrorism financing law is used to criminalize activities of human rights groups, says LGBTQ+ activist
Turkey’s new terrorism financing law, which entered into force on December 31, 2020, has been used to criminalize the activities…
Turkish soldiers beat, push Afghan asylum seekers back to Iran: Human Rights Watch
Turkey
October 16, 2021
Turkish soldiers beat, push Afghan asylum seekers back to Iran: Human Rights Watch
Turkish authorities are summarily pushing Afghan asylum seekers crossing into the country from Iran back to Iran, denying them the…
Former HDP deputy sentenced to 20 months for spreading ‘terrorist propaganda’
Turkey
October 16, 2021
Former HDP deputy sentenced to 20 months for spreading ‘terrorist propaganda’
A court in the Turkish province of Van on Friday sentenced Aysel Tuğluk, the former deputy co-chair of the pro-Kurdish…
Opposition MP calls for release of end-stage cancer patient jailed over Gülen links
Turkey
October 16, 2021
Opposition MP calls for release of end-stage cancer patient jailed over Gülen links
A deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has called for the immediate release of Ayşe Özdoğan, a critically…
Top Turkish court rules former teacher was tortured in police custody
Turkey
September 22, 2021
Top Turkish court rules former teacher was tortured in police custody
Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled on May 18, 2021 that a former teacher arrested for links to the Gülen movement was…
Arbitration tribunal rejects Belgian company’s case against Turkey
Turkey
September 22, 2021
Arbitration tribunal rejects Belgian company’s case against Turkey
The World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has rejected an arbitration claim filed against the Turkish…
Hizmet Movement Declares Core Values with Unified Voice
World
September 22, 2021
Hizmet Movement Declares Core Values with Unified Voice
Today, the Alliance for Shared Values (AfSV), a U.S.-based non-profit representing regional Hizmet organizations, together with many other Hizmet-affiliated nonprofits…
Tribunal to adjudicate Turkey’s rights record
Turkey
September 17, 2021
Tribunal to adjudicate Turkey’s rights record
The Turkey Tribunal, a civil society-led, symbolic international tribunal established to adjudicate recent human rights violations in Turkey including torture,…