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European lawmakers stand with prominent human rights activist Gergerlioğlu

A group of European lawmakers, academics and activists expressed solidarity with human rights defender and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu and...

Erdoğan takes aim at LGBT community at party meeting

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attacked the LGBT community at a party meeting on Monday, saying his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) would...

More than 27,000 people subjected to torture, maltreatment under AKP rule, report reveals

A report drafted by a main opposition party deputy detailing incidents of torture and maltreatment in Turkey since the Justice and Development Party (AKP)...

Turkish Twitter users stand against sexual harassment and unlawful strip searches in Turkish prisons: report

Sexual harassment and unlawful strip-searches in Turkish prisons and detention centers were protested on Twitter on Tuesday and Wednesday after human rights activist and...

NGOs call on EU to sanction Turkey’s human rights abusers in joint statement

Eleven nongovernmental organizations have called on the relevant bodies of the European Union to examine the situation in Turkey under the recently adopted Global...

16 inmates in one Turkish prison diagnosed with COVID-19 as cases soar: report

A total of 16 inmates have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in northern Turkey’s Karabük Prison as cases countrywide have increased dramatically, reaching 1,866,345 on...

EU adopts global sanctions regime against human rights abusers

The Council of the European Union on Monday adopted a regulation establishing a global human rights sanctions regime. The new regime grants the EU a...

German gov’t: Human rights violations continue despite Turkey’s lifting of state of emergency

Human rights violations are continuing in Turkey despite the lifting of a state of emergency in July 2018, the German government has said, underlining...

EP officials urge Turkey to release political prisoners amid coronavirus pandemic

The European Parliament’s standing rapporteur on Turkey, Nacho Sánchez Amor, and the chair of the EP Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, Sergey Lagodinsky, on...

Turkish deputy launches campaign for release of prisoners over coronavirus concerns

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a member of parliament and one of Turkey’s most prominent human rights defenders, has submitted legislation for the postponement of prison sentences due to...

Erdoğan says Gezi Park protests were ‘heinous attack’ on country

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday he respected a court decision to acquit philanthropist Osman Kavala and eight others over their role in the...

Turkey ranks second out of 47 countries in number of cases before ECtHR

Turkey has a total of 9,250 cases pending review by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), ranking second after Russia among the 47 countries subject...

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