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Police crack down on İstanbul Pride march, detain over 300

Turkish police on Sunday broke up a banned Pride march in İstanbul, detaining more than 300 demonstrators, Agence France-Presse reported, citing organizers. The governor's office...

Turkish gov’t failed to carry out most actions in its human rights action plan

The Turkish government has failed to carry out most of the actions in the new human rights action plan that was announced by President...

Turkey disappointed at EU summit outcome: Foreign Ministry

Turkey on Friday expressed disappointment after an EU summit ended with a critical statement about Ankara's rights record and no clear progress on a customs...

CoE asks Turkey to stop stigmatization of LGBTI people

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović has called on Turkey in a letter to two ministers to stop the stigmatization of...

Rights groups call on EU to strengthen commitment to improvement of fundamental rights and rule of law in Turkey

Improvement in fundamental rights and the rule of law should be at the heart of EU-Turkey relations, said 16 human rights and freedom of...

Turkish gov’t continued to limit religious minorities’ rights in 2020: US report

The US Department of State has underlined in a recent report that Ankara continued to limit the rights of non-Muslim religious minorities, especially those...

You robbed me of my workplace, Erdoğan. Take your hands off my university!

Opinion by Fatma Zeybek When I saw the heavy police presence at İstanbul’s prestigious Boğaziçi University, where I had the opportunity to earn my bachelor’s...

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...

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...

Alevi communities in Turkey feel under increasing pressure, say leaders

Alevi leaders in Turkey say the current situation of Turkey’s Alevi population is becoming increasingly precarious as the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

European court rules Turkey violated rights of journalist Şık

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the right to liberty and security as well as the right to...

Exclusive: Turkey, Kosovo violated fundamental rights of expelled teachers, UN body says

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has concluded that the arrest, detention and forceful transfer of six Turkish teachers by Kosovar...

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