Rape and sexual harassment committed by security forces in Turkey’s detention centers and prisons
As part of an escalating crackdown on the right to dissent, on criticism and on opposition voices in Turkey in recent years, the regime...
High school students beaten in protest intervention by Turkish police
Images shared on social media show Turkish police detaining and beating high school students in broad daylight in İstanbul on Friday, the last day...
Report: Turkish man in police custody for 7 days loses mental health because of torture and ill-treatment
A report by the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) shows that a Turkish man who was kept under police custody for 7 days in...
Int’l tribunal rebukes Turkey’s Erdoğan for war crimes against his own people
One month before the presidential election in Turkey, an international tribunal has issued a stinging condemnation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, charging him...
Turkish police reportedly shoot Kurdish boy in Muş province
A 12-year-old Kurdish boy named Veysel Toplu has reportedly been severely wounded after being shot by an armored police vehicle in Turkey’s eastern Muş...
Pro-Kurdish singer beaten in Turkey’s Bakırköy Prison after refusing strip search
Pınar Aydınlar, a famous folk singer and party council member of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was beaten by guards at İstanbul’s Bakırköy Prison for...