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A year in Turkey’s prisons amid pandemic: Prisoners unable to access healthcare

2020 ANNUAL REPORT

A year in Turkey’s prisons amid pandemic: Prisoners unable to access healthcare

The Civil Society in the Penal System Association has released its annual report on Turkey’s prisons: One of the major problems facing prisoners in 2020 was the violation of their right to access healthcare.

8 February 2022

Perpetrators of violations of rights against LGBTI+s: Public authorities

REPORT

Perpetrators of violations of rights against LGBTI+s: Public authorities

Kaos GL Association’s 2020 Report of Human Rights of LGBTI+s has been published: “The perpetrators are often public authorities and legislators. Discrimination has become a systematic government policy.”

5 November 2021

‘People tortured in Turkey from age 5 to 70’

TİHV-HRFT REPORT

‘People tortured in Turkey from age 5 to 70’

According to the annual report of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Treatment and Rehabilitation Center, the age of the ones who complained about being subjected to torture and ill treatment ranged from 5 to 70 in 2020.

‘At least 3 thousand 291 people’s right to life violated in Turkey in 2020’

TİHV REPORT

‘At least 3 thousand 291 people’s right to life violated in Turkey in 2020’

According to the annual report of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV), at least 2 thousand 427 people, including 68 children and at least 101 refugees/ migrants, lost their lives in occupational homicides in Turkey in 2020.

Did we see a play, movie, opera performance in Turkey in 2020?

CULTURE AND ARTS AMID PANDEMIC

Did we see a play, movie, opera performance in Turkey in 2020?

The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has released the 2020 statistics on cinema, theatre, operas, ballets, choirs and groups in Turkey. Marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, last year saw a drop in the number of halls, audience and performances.

Turkey’s most affluent 20 percent have 47.5 percent of total income

TURKSTAT

Turkey’s most affluent 20 percent have 47.5 percent of total income

A recent survey of the Turkish Statistical Institute has shown that Turkey’s severe material deprivation rate was 27.4 percent in 2020, when the deterioration in the income distribution also continued.

Rights defenders sentenced to 24 years, 3 months in Turkey in a year

TİHV REPORT

Rights defenders sentenced to 24 years, 3 months in Turkey in a year

According to the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, 17 rights defenders stood trial in 7 separate cases in 2020; seven rights defenders were sentenced to a total of 24 years, 3 months in prison.

4,866 people died in road traffic accidents in Turkey in 2020

TURKSTAT

4,866 people died in road traffic accidents in Turkey in 2020

According to the Road Traffic Accidents Statistics shared by the TurkStat for 2020, 150,275 traffic accidents involving death or injury occurred in Turkey last year, claiming the lives of 4,866 people and injuring over 226 thousand others.

28.3 percent of young people in neither education nor employment

TURKSTAT - YOUTH IN STATISTICS

28.3 percent of young people in neither education nor employment

Youth population constituted 15.4 percent of Turkey’s population in 2020. Their rate of enrollment in higher education dropped. The rate of those in neither education nor employment increased from 26 percent in 2019 to 28.3 percent in 2020.

'Religious freedom conditions in Turkey followed a troubling trajectory in 2020'

USCIRF REPORT

'Religious freedom conditions in Turkey followed a troubling trajectory in 2020'

In its annual report on religious freedom, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom has mentioned Hagia Sophia’s conversion into a mosque, defining it as “a move that many denounced as divisive and hostile to Turkey’s religious minorities.”

Number of households receiving aid tops 6.5 million in Turkey

MINISTRY OF FAMILY REPORT

Number of households receiving aid tops 6.5 million in Turkey

According to the 2020 activity report of the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services, the number of households receiving aid was 3 million 282 thousand in 2019. This number doubled in a year.

Turkey saw over 1.2 million decrease in employment in 2020

TURKSTAT

Turkey saw over 1.2 million decrease in employment in 2020

The Turkish Statistical Institute has shared the labor force statistics for 2020. The number of unemployed was 4 million 61 thousand 408 thousand in 2020, which marked a 0.5 point increase when compared to the previous year.

41 women driven to suicide in Turkey in a year

REPORT ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS

41 women driven to suicide in Turkey in a year

At least 1,075 women were subjected to economic, physical, psychological and sexual violence, harassment or threat last year, shows a recent report released by the Women’s Commission of the Human Rights Association (İHD).

Turkey is getting unhappier

Turkey is getting unhappier

The Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has shared the results of its “Life Satisfaction Survey” for 2020. While 52.4 percent said that they were happy in 2019, this rate dropped to 48.2 percent last year.

18 February 2021

‘47.5 percent of Syrians in Turkey are children’

REFUGEES LEFT ALONE WITH PROBLEMS

‘47.5 percent of Syrians in Turkey are children’

The İstanbul Branch of Human Rights Association (İHD) has released a report on violations of rights faced by refugees in Turkey in 2020. According to the report, 1 million 732 thousand 44 Syrian people in Turkey are children.

29 January 2021

Turkey’s foreign trade deficit increased by 69.1 percent in 2020

Turkey’s foreign trade deficit increased by 69.1 percent in 2020

According to the Foreign Trade Statistics announced by the TurkStat for December 2020, Turkey’s exports decreased by 6.3 percent and imports increased by 4.3 percent in the period of January-December 2020.

29 January 2021

Turkey saw record-high extreme temperatures in 198 centers in 2020

Turkey saw record-high extreme temperatures in 198 centers in 2020

According to the data shared by Directorate General of Meteorology, the highest number of extreme temperatures were recorded in September 2020, when extreme temperatures were reported in 93 centers across the country.

19 January 2021

HRW report on violations of rights in Turkey in 2020

HRW report on violations of rights in Turkey in 2020

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released its World Report 2021. The Turkey chapter of the report has documented the violations of rights and the government’s pressure targeting the press and judiciary over the past year.

14 January 2021

‘Turkey also hit by a pandemic of injustice in 2020’

CHP MP ERKEK

‘Turkey also hit by a pandemic of injustice in 2020’

Main opposition CHP Vice Chair Muharrem Erkek has prepared a report entitled “2020 Inventory of Injustice in Turkey.”

2020: If there is life, there is hope

2020: If there is life, there is hope

2020 is finally over and it was, without a doubt, not an easy year for us. But... Was 2020 really that bad? Can we really say that nothing good happened? Certainly not. Then, here is a brief look at the positive developments in 2020...

1 January 2021 Selay Dalaklı

Turkey's top stories of 2020: A bleak list after a bleak year

Turkey's top stories of 2020: A bleak list after a bleak year

The country's coronavirus outbreak turned out to be much worse than what the ministry reported, the government increased its grip on freedom of expression, rights violations and legal struggles continued.

31 December 2020 Volga Kuşçuoğlu

‘There is no vaccine for climate crisis, we must change’

GREENPEACE

‘There is no vaccine for climate crisis, we must change’

Greenpeace has compiled the disasters faced by the world and Turkey due to the climate crisis in 2020. The organization has explained the reasons why the climate crisis must be the first item on the agenda next year.

31 December 2020