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Turkey tops the list for number of European Court of Human Rights judgments finding violations of freedom of expression

Turkey tops the list of 47 Council of Europe (CoE) member states that received the most judgments from the European Court of Human Rights...

Freedom of the press sustained further blows in Turkey in 2020, report reveals

A press freedom report drafted by the Turkish Journalists’ Association (TGC) for the year 2020 shows that there has been further regression in freedom...

Turkish court hands down life sentences to dozens of officers in 2016 coup trial

A Turkish court has handed down life sentences to 92 military officers for their alleged roles in a failed coup in Turkey on July...

OHAL commission has rejected 99,140 applications out of 126,630 to date

A commission set up by the Turkish government to look into complaints from individuals who were adversely affected by government decrees during a state...

US State Department denies forming joint group with Turkey to discuss S-400 sanctions

The US State Department has denied reports suggesting that the US and Turkey are considering the establishment of a joint working group to discuss...

Rights advocate deputy files lawsuit against minister who branded him a ‘terrorist’

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a prominent human rights activist and member of the Turkish Parliament from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party, has filed a lawsuit...

Renowned Kurdish poet arrested shortly after criticizing Turkish gov’t crackdown on Gülen movement

Famous Kurdish poet, writer and journalist Yılmaz Odabaşı was arrested in İstanbul shortly after he criticized an ongoing crackdown by the Turkish government on...

Turkey shaken by brutal killings of 3 women in a single day

Three women in Turkey were brutally murdered by men on Tuesday, sending shockwaves across the country at a time when domestic violence has become...

EP draft report on Turkey details serious rights violations suffered by Gülen followers

A draft report on Turkey prepared by the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee and released on Dec. 21 emphasizes serious human rights violations that...

First shipment of Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Turkey

The first batch of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac arrived in Turkey on Wednesday after a two-week delay. Turkey was...

Turkish court upholds terrorism conviction of bomb disposal expert blinded in an explosion

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a conviction and sentence on the charge of membership in a terrorist organization handed down to Bilal Konakçı,...

Turkey’s 2020 in review

As with the rest of the world, the year 2020 in Turkey was defined by the far-reaching impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the...

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