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March 18, 2021 Letter

Joint CSO Letter on Containment at External Borders

March 18, 2021 Letter

Joint Letter to HRVP Borrell on EU-Turkey Relations

March 16, 2021 News Release

Turkey: Don’t Expel Opposition Deputy from Parliament

Social Media Posting Conviction a Flagrant Rights Violation

Opposition member of parliament, Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) speaking in parliament, May 2, 2019
March 12, 2021 News Release

Turkey: End Probe of Women Over Shouted Slogans

Arrests of Activists and Anti-LGBT Stance Mars Women’s Day Celebrations

Women and the LGBTQI community celebrate the upcoming International Women's Day in Istanbul, Turkey on March 6, 2021.
March 4, 2021 News Release

Turkey: Free Politician after European Court Ruling

Council of Europe Body Should Require Turkey to Implement Demirtaş Judgment

Selahattin Demirtaş, former co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was among MPs jailed on November 4, 2016. His vacant seat in the general assembly of Turkey’s parliament is shown here marked with his photo.
March 1, 2021 News Release

Turkey: Violation of Osman Kavala’s Rights Intensifies

Council of Europe Body Should Trigger Proceedings Against Turkey

Osman Kavala © 2017 Private
February 18, 2021 Report

Turkey: Student Protesters at Risk of Prosecution

Free Detainees; Respect Freedom of Assembly

During student protests against President Erdoğan’s appointment of a rector to Boğaziçi University, police used handcuffs to keep the campus gate shut in Istanbul, Turkey, January 4, 2021
February 3, 2021 Report

Illegal Transfers of Syrians to Turkey

Over 60 Detained, Forcibly Moved from Occupied Territories

Fighters of the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (also called the Syrian National Army) enter the town of Tal Abyad.
January 13, 2021 News Release

Turkey: Covid-19 Pandemic Used to Strengthen Autocratic Rule

Erdogan Presidency Introduces Restrictive Laws, Deepens Assault on Dissent

Police block protesting lawyers during a demonstration against a government draft bill to reduce the authority of Turkey’s leading bar associations. July 10, 2020, Ankara.
December 24, 2020 News Release

Turkey: Draft Law Threatens Civil Society

Bill on Preventing Terrorism Financing Targets Freedom of Association

On December 24, Turkey’s parliament is due to vote on a new law that will increase the Interior Ministry’s powers to restrict NGOs’ activities and threatens the right to freedom of association.
December 22, 2020 News Release

Turkey: Release Unlawfully Jailed Opposition Politician

European Human Rights Court Calls for Selahattin Demirtaş’ Release

Selahattin Demirtaş, former co-chair of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has been held in Edirne F-type Prison since November 4, 2016.
December 18, 2020 News Release

Turkey: YouTube Precedent Threatens Free Expression

Reverse Decision to Appoint Local Representative in Turkey

YouTube announced on December 16, 2020 that it will appoint a local representative in Turkey to comply with the country’s recently amended internet law.
December 15, 2020 Report

Turkey: Crackdown on Independent TV Channels

End Violations of Media Freedom; Annul Abusive Measures; Ensure Impartiality

The Monitoring Center of the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) where the broadcasts of more than 1780 radio and television stations are regulated.  November 9, 2020 
November 27, 2020 Commentary

In a Year of Pandemic and Pain, Women Fight Back

As domestic violence rates soar in Europe under COVID-19 restrictions, women’s groups protest government inaction from Poland to Turkey.

Protesters with a banner reading "Women's Strike" take part in a rally against the Polish government’s plans to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention on prevention and combating of domestic violence, in Warsaw, Poland, July 24, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski
November 19, 2020 Report

Turkey: Opposition Politicians Detained for Four Years

Pattern of Politically Motivated Prosecutions, Detentions

Selahattin Demirtaş, former co-chair of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has been held in Edirne F-type Prison since November 4, 2016.

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