A detailed chronology of events between late 2024 and 2025 documenting the crackdown on Turkey’s main opposition party and President Erdoğan’s top rival Table of
Turkish journalist Ufuk Şanlı has launched a hunger strike to protest what he calls “unlawful practices” by prosecutors. Şanlı, who was arrested on 11 July
Merve Zayım, a teacher sentenced to 6 years and 3 months on charges the European Court of Human Rights has deemed unlawful in its Yalçınkaya
Profile Victim: Merve ZayımProfile: Pregnant woman who gave birth while in prisonLocation: Edirne, TurkeyStatus: Under Pre-trial detention over alleged Gülen Movement links Case Summary Merve
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, has expressed grave concern over Türkiye’s continued use of counter-terrorism laws to
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has issued an opinion declaring that the ongoing detention of Akin Öztürk, former Commander of the Turkish Air
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
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has ruled that the detention of Turkish journalist and author Ali Ünal is arbitrary and violates
In its ninety-third session, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) issued Opinion No. 8/2022 concerning the cases of Alettin Duman and Tamer
Yesterday, we celebrated the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The day was an occasion to raise awareness about the cases of
