Erdoğan adviser signals possible break with European rights system after Kavala ruling
Mehmet Uçum A senior adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has suggested that Turkey could reconsider its…
Rights defenders, politicians call for Kavala’s release after ECtHR faults Turkey over his conviction
Rights groups, opposition politicians and legal scholars on Tuesday called for the release of philanthropist and businessman Osman…
Int’l judges associations urge Turkey to free post-coup prisoners, restore judicial independence
Four international judges associations have called on Turkey to release people imprisoned in violation of fundamental rights during…
Turkish judiciary transformed into tool of political control under Erdoğan: report
Turkey’s judiciary has been transformed into a tool of political control under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, weakening checks…
Jailed Turkish philanthropist Kavala to receive Gilel Storch Prize
Turkish philanthropist and businessman Osman Kavala, who has been jailed since 2017, will receive the 2026 Gilel Storch…
MPs from Council of Europe member states seek sanctions over Turkey’s failure to implement court rulings
A group of 28 lawmakersof the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), drawn from national parliaments…
Turkey deepened rights crackdown, impunity in 2025: Amnesty International
Turkey saw worsening restrictions on human rights, mounting prosecutions of rights defenders, growing political pressure on the judiciary…
Liberal International to honor jailed businessman Kavala with 2025 freedom award
Liberal International will award its 2025 Prize for Freedom to jailed Turkish businessman and civil society figure Osman Kavala at…
Democracy and human rights continue to decline in Turkey as Erdoğan’s autocracy deepens: report
Bertelsmann Stiftung Democracy and human rights in Turkey are deteriorating as the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan…
Kavala says Turkey must comply with ECtHR rulings after new hearing in Strasbourg
Imprisoned Turkish businessman and civil society figure Osman Kavala said Turkey is constitutionally required to comply with rulings…
Lawyers tell ECtHR Turkey has kept Kavala jailed on same discredited evidence despite Strasbourg rulings
Lawyers for imprisoned Turkish businessman and civil society figure Osman Kavala told the European Court of Human Rights…
3 Turkish officials suspended, 1 detained, over alleged access to justice minister’s land records
Three public officials in Turkey have been suspended and one of them detained over allegations that they improperly…