reports in RIGHTS category

Recent child worker deaths reflect government policies that push children into low-wage labor to sustain small and mid-sized businesses, argues Kansu Yıldırım from the Health and Safety Labor Watch.

“There is a direct connection between prison overcrowding and the state’s penal policies,” says Hürrem Sönmez, secretary general of the İstanbul Bar Association

Rights advocates described the treatment of conscientious objectors as “judicial harassment that has turned into torture.”

As expected years of schooling continue to decline and more children fall outside the education system, the government is considering shortening the 12-year compulsory education period.

The perpetrators were sentenced for "conscious negligence" despite an expert report's findings that Mohammad Nourtani was burned alive.

The İstanbul Medical Chamber outlines growing challenges facing children in Turkey, including poverty, malnutrition, abuse, inadequate housing, and limited access to healthcare and education.

Tuğluk, a prominent figure in the pro-Kurdish political movement, was detained in 2016 and spent six years in prison before her release due to severe illness.

The interim constitution, adopted by Congress on November 18, 1993, was ratified by Parliament on December 22, 1993. The process leading to the expected democratic elections then began.

Lawyer Murat Çelik’s two-year legal battle over being handcuffed behind his back and beaten during the Saturday Mothers/Human Rights action has borne fruit. Five police officers, including two supervisors, will face trial on October 9 for “exceeding the use of force” and “intentional injury.”

Pro-Kurdish politicians have condemned the ban, arguing that such moves cause harm to the ongoing peace initiative.

A hungry child cannot learn; a child who cannot learn cannot become an equal citizen of the future.

About one-third of the children n Turkye live in poverty, significantly higher compared to OECD and European countries.