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Hikmet Adal
reports
The price of a heart gesture: abduction, torture, and impunity
İsmail İshak Arslan was tortured by police in a civilian vehicle after making a heart gesture toward the then-interior minister before the 2023 presidential election.
10 March 2026
Hikmet Adal
Ayşegül Başar
reports
Eskişehir prison delays release of political prisoners
“These boards, especially in cases involving political prisoners, have extended their reach beyond executing sentences and have become bodies that effectively reassign punishment,” lawyers say.
9 March 2026
Ayşegül Başar
Ayşegül Başar
reports
‘The blind cell is the stark reality’
"You’re allowed outside to a different small yard for an hour and a half per day. The remaining 22 and a half hours are spent in this blind cell," says Ümit Çobanoğlu, who was recently released from a "high-security" prison.
26 February 2026
Ayşegül Başar
Ayşegül Başar
reports
Over 5,000 violations recorded in Marmara region prisons in 2025
The Human Rights Association warns that severe overcrowding and ill-treatment remain widespread.
25 February 2026
Ayşegül Başar
Report examines state violence and impunity in Kurdish regions in 2000s
The research by Truth Justice Memory Center describes the period as the period of "neither war nor peace."
24 February 2026
Report: Turkey's prison occupancy rate exceeds 133 percent
As of February, 407,266 people are incarcerated in 403 prisons, which have a combined official capacity of 304,956, according to CİSST.
24 February 2026
Hikmet Adal
reports
Iranian journalist leaves Turkey for third country to avoid deportation to Iran
Saeid Hassanzadeh Siahgourabi moved to Turkey in 2010 after receiving a prison sentence in Iran.
23 February 2026
Hikmet Adal
Lawyers' group raises health concerns over concrete plant near Bolu prison
ÖHD calls on the authorities to take preventive measures in the face of a "serious and foreseeble risk," while authorities maintain that the plant has the necessary permissions.
23 February 2026
Nalin Öztekin
Interview
Social media ban on children: protection or rights violation?
Peter Joziasse, founder of the Digital Child Rights Foundation, argues that the solution lies not in imposing bans but in providing guidance.
21 February 2026
Nalin Öztekin
Nalin Öztekin
reports
Children detained over Rojava protests subjected to strip searches, complaint reveals
A DEM Party MP filed an official complaint with the parliament’s Human Rights Investigation Commission, calling for an on-site investigation
19 February 2026
Nalin Öztekin
Hikmet Adal
reports
Iranian journalist faces deportation from Turkey despite protection request
Saeid Hassanzadeh Siahgourabi was detained after his residence permit expired. He was awaiting the outcome of his visa application to France.
17 February 2026
Hikmet Adal
Top court rules radio confiscation violated prisoner's rights
The prisoner received a disciplinary penalty because of an AM radio gifted by another prisoner was considered an "organizational communication tool" by the prison administration.
17 February 2026
Nalin Öztekin
reports
Court denies release of 16-year-old girl detained over hair-braiding protest posts
The girl who joined the hair braiding protests over the desecration of a Kurdish woman fighter's body in Syria was strip searched upon entering the prison.
17 February 2026
Nalin Öztekin
Can Candan
writes
What I experienced at Boğaziçi University under trustee* rule
In the sixth year of the resistance, with the same determination as on the first day, we continue to say: “We do not accept! We do not give up!” We persist in this just struggle because academic responsibility demands it.
16 February 2026
Can Candan
Betül Tanbay
writes
Mathematics against the debasement of University
They are right! Where lies and propaganda reign, mathematics must be destroyed! But as we say in Turkish, you cannot plaster the sun with mud. Without mathematics, there can be no university.
12 February 2026
Betül Tanbay
Arslan Özdemir
writes
Vocational Education Centers: The reproduction of class inequality through education
While upper-class families steer their children toward knowledge, academia, and secure futures, children from lower-class families are condemned at an early age to work, insecurity, and narrow life prospects.
10 February 2026
Arslan Özdemir
Hikmet Adal
reports
Iranian refugee journalist Kaveh Taheri faces deportation
The journalist was detained while on his way to the French consulate in İstanbul to apply for a humanitarian visa.
4 February 2026
Hikmet Adal
Report: Ankara prosecutors investigate claims of children trafficked from Turkey to Epstein island
The investigation concerns a document released by the US Department of Justice in December which includes allegations that Epstein transported minor girls from many countries, including Turkey.
3 February 2026
Tuğçe Yılmaz
reports
Forty-seven convicted in case targeting lawyers, prisoner rights groups
A lawyer says that evidence unlawfully fabricated by judges and prosecutors affiliated with the Fetullah Gülen group was used as the basis for convictions when it involved Kurds and Kurdish lawyers.
28 January 2026
Tuğçe Yılmaz
Nalin Öztekin
reports
Police throw child to the ground during Rojava protest in Mardin
Kurdish-populated border towns in Turkey have become flashpoints for protests against the Syrian interim government’s offensive targeting Kurdish-controlled areas.
28 January 2026
Nalin Öztekin
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Tuğçe Yılmaz
reports
Nurse detained over hair braiding protest for killed Kurdish woman fighter
İ.A. faced online abuse after joining the protest in addition to administrative and criminal investigations.
26 January 2026
Tuğçe Yılmaz
Unnotified monitoring of prisoner calls, visits a rights violation, top court rules
The Constitutional Court concluded that a fair balance was not established between the freedom of communication and the right to respect for private and family life.
21 January 2026
Hrant Dink commemorated on 19th anniversary of murder
Despite cold weather and snowfall, many gathered on the spot where Dink was assassinated in 2007.
19 January 2026
Kadir Akın
writes
The relevance of Hrant’s murder
Although different in nature, hostility toward the “infidel” and “nationalism” converge through the Turkish-Islamic synthesis and create a common ground.
19 January 2026
Kadir Akın
Prison occupancy in Turkey exceeds 130%
Prisons hold nearly 100,000 more people than their capacity, according to the Civil Society in the Penal System Association.
14 January 2026
Human rights advocate Ali Aydın killed in western Turkey
Aydın reportedly died after being struck in the head with a stone. While the motive has not been identified, his personal belongings were not taken.
14 January 2026
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Nalin Öztekin
reports
'Everyone looks at us from the outside, they should see from the inside too'
Murat, who spent his childhood in prison, spoke about what it means to be “pushed into crime,” the lack of preventive and protective mechanisms, and how child-centered support changed his life.
13 January 2026
Nalin Öztekin
Court acquits İstanbul Bar board in trial over statement on killed Kurdish journalists
Eleven individuals stood trial for condemning an airstrike that killed two journalists in Syria in Dec 2024.
9 January 2026
Zerrin Kurtoğlu
writes
A call for justice and accountability for the Academics for Peace
In order to escape this legal absurdity, we need broader solidarity, the assurance that courts will not exceed their powers and responsibilities, and in short, the recognition of the rule of law! It does not seem possible for this to be achieved solely through our own efforts.
8 January 2026
Zerrin Kurtoğlu
Ayşegül Başar
reports
‘Wells of isolation’: Prisoners allege severe abuse in 'maximum-security' prisons
High-security prisons introduced in recent years in Turkey fail to meet Mandela Rules on prisoners’ right to sunlight and fresh air, according to human rights advocates.
7 January 2026
Ayşegül Başar
Minister: Turkey to restrict social media access for children under 15
“We must not allow social media platforms to treat our children as commercial commodities,” said the family and social services minister.
6 January 2026
Ankara investigates alleged beating to death of stray dog by municipal employees
A dog taken care of locals were allegedly beaten to death by municipal employees at a metro station.
5 January 2026
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