Human Rights in Turkey

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Court decided to release on Friday, re-arrested before leaving prison. Comedian Deniz Göktaş has spent sixty days jailed over one comedy show.

1 September 2026

Her mother jailed in May, her brother in July for studying in Poland. Ayşe Asude is 15, disabled, alone.

31 August 2026

Third ECtHR order to release Osman Kavala, after 3,226 days. Erdoğan’s chief legal advisor called it a “political project.”

31 August 2026

Turkish police detained two women over assistance to study in Germany. The prosecutor named no offence and identified them through their fathers.

31 August 2026

An Istanbul court seized every copy of jailed mayor İmamoğlu’s book before publication, naming no offence.

31 August 2026

OTHERS’ Submission to OSCE ODIHR on the abuse of Anti-terror Laws in Turkey

24 February 2026

OTHERS’ submission to UN Human Rights Committee in response to its call for input on Freedom of Association

1 December 2025

Legal Update | Indictment of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and CHP Officials

14 November 2025

Government Crackdown on the main opposition party- CHP

22 September 2025

Submisson of Hate Crime Cases of 2024 in Turkey to the Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)

25 April 2025

UN Expert Warns of Counter-Terrorism Abuses Targeting Civil Society in MENA Region

10 March 2025

UN Expert Condemns Türkiye’s Ongoing Misuse of Anti-Terror Laws Against Human Rights Defenders

16 January 2025

UN Working Group Declares Detention of Former Turkish Air Force Commander, Akın Öztürk, Arbitrary

29 November 2024

Türkiye’s Human Rights Record Under Scrutiny as UN Committee Against Torture Reviews Fifth Periodic Report

5 June 2024

Open Letter to the Newly Elected President of the Court of Cassation of Turkey

31 May 2024

UN WGAD Declares Detention of Turkish Journalist Ali Ünal Arbitrary

3 May 2023