Forced Returns and Broken Protections: The Kenyan-Turkish Crackdown on Refugees
Download PDF This report documents the abduction and forced repatriation of seven Turkish nationals from Kenya on 18 October 2024, exposing a serious violation of international refugee protections. Despite holding UN refugee status, four of the abductees were deported to Turkey under apparent bilateral cooperation, breaching the 1951 Refugee Convention’s principle of non-refoulement. Drawing on testimonies, […]
Side Event at OSCE | Addressing Hate Speech: Empowering Youth, Protecting Minorities, and Countering Online Abuse
On 9 October 2024, Solidarity with OTHERS organized a high-impact panel titled “Addressing Hate Speech: Empowering Youth, Protecting Minorities, and Countering Online Abuse” as part of the OSCE Human Dimension Conference. The event, moderated by human rights lawyer Coskun Yorulmaz, gathered experts and advocates to explore systemic and digital dimensions of hate speech and the […]
Circular Abuse of the Anti-Terrorism System in the Triangle of the Police, Prosecutors and Judges: “Underage Girls” Case
Download PDF This report analyzes the “Underage Girls Case,” a striking example of how Turkey’s anti-terrorism system has been circularly abused by police, prosecutors, and courts. In May 2024, 48 people, including high school students, were detained in an operation that portrayed routine social and religious activities—such as staying in student housing, going to the […]
Call to Stand Together for Justice
In the report titled ‘Persons Associated with the Gülen Movement’ published by the Finnish Immigration Office in August 2024, the unlawful practices suffered by the Gülen Movement were revealed in detail. According to the report, based on information provided by a ‘Turkish legal expert and a representative of the Decree Law Victims Platform’, there were […]
The Politicization of Law and the Misuse of Terrorism Charges: An Analysis Report
Download PDF This report examines how terrorism charges in Turkey have been politicized and misused, turning into tools of oppression against legal professionals, minors, and dissidents. Focusing on the May 7, 2024 police operation and subsequent indictment, it highlights how the routine activities of high school and university students—some under 18—were portrayed as terrorist acts, […]
Appointment of Trustees to Companies
Download PDF This report examines the large-scale appointment of government trustees to thousands of companies in Turkey, primarily targeting those allegedly linked to the Gülen movement. It explores how, since 2014, this practice—initially introduced under Article 133 of the Criminal Procedure Code—has evolved into a systematic mechanism of state-led confiscation under the Erdoğan government, resulting […]
Terror convictions must yield to human rights: Legal Expert opinions on Yalçınkaya Judgment
Dr Sanna Elfving (right) Dr Sanna Elfving is a Senior Lecturer at Lincoln Law School, University of Lincoln, the United Kingdom. Her research focuses on European Union law and the European Convention of Human Rights. She has published a co-authored research monograph Gender and the Court of Justice of the European Union (Routledge 2018). She […]
Exploring Systemic Human Rights Violations in Turkey: An Interview with Professor Dr. Ireneusz C. Kamiński on the Yalçınkaya Judgment
Professor Dr. Ireneusz C. Kamiński Professor Dr. Ireneusz C. Kamiński is a distinguished law professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute for Law Studies in Warsaw, and also lectures at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, the oldest university in Poland. He specializes in public international law, with a particular focus on human rights law, and […]
Türkiye’s Human Rights Record Under Scrutiny as UN Committee Against Torture Reviews Fifth Periodic Report
Solidarity with OTHERS has submitted two reports to the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) as part of Türkiye’s fifth periodic review. The first report documents systematic torture, enforced disappearances, humiliating strip searches, and arbitrary detentions targeting members of the Gülen movement and the Kurdish minority, pointing to the authorities’ persistent failure to investigate or prosecute […]
Open Letter to the Newly Elected President of the Court of Cassation of Turkey
An Open Letter to Mr. Ömer Kerkez, the newly elected President of the Court of Cassation of Turkey, has been communicated by International Human Rights Organizations and Legal Professionals. 📌The letter extends congratulations to Mr. Kerkez on his new position as president and highlights the critical importance of judicial independence and impartiality. It addresses concerns […]
