Report on Recent Situation in the Kurdish Region of Turkey

30.10.2016  To the International Community and Human Rights Organizations  REPORT ON RECENT SITUATION IN THE KURDISH…

Is Turkey A Safe Country?

TURKEY A Safe Country? No country can be deemed « safe ». That is the spirit…

Balance Sheet of Violations of Rights Occurred during 15 July Coup Attempt and State of Emergency

19 October 2016 BALANCE SHEET OF VIOLATIONS OF RIGHTS OCCURRED DURING 15 JULY COUP ATTEMPT AND…

President of Hakkâri Branch of IHD should be Released from Custody Immediately!

19.10.2016 President of Hakkâri Branch of IHD should be Released from Custody Immediately! Mr. İsmail Akbulut,…

Memorandum on the Human Rights Implications of the Measures Taken under the State of Emergency in Turkey

Strasbourg, 7 October 2016 Memorandum on the Human Rights Implications of the Measures Taken under the…

Mandate for Troops in Iraq and Syria is Declaration of War! We Defend Peace, Not War

September 30, 2016 Because of the fact that the political powers in Turkey are not willing…

We Condemn Perpetrators and Instigating Forces behind Gaziantep Massacre

August 21, 2016 On 20 August 2016, a suicide bomb attack was carried out in a…

Implicit State of Emergency Amnesty Deepened Discrimination in Punishment

With the Article 32 of the State of Emergency Decree Law entered into force upon its…

Long pre-trial detention period (30 days) carried over to the Constitutional Court

Youngsters named Metin Kösemen and Mehmet Ali Genç have been held in detention at Şanlıurfa Police…

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein: Need for transparency, investigations, in light of “alarming” reports of major violations in south-east Turkey

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said Tuesday that he had received…