Turkey

Civil Rights Defenders is concerned about the current deportations from Sweden to Turkey and the risk that these are violating international law. Civil Rights Defenders urges the Swedish governme...

Civil Rights Defenders has published a new report, which provides a comprehensive overview of the life conditions, as well as civil and political rights of the Roma community in Turkey. The report ill...

Voices from Defenders’ Days Close-up with Asena Günal, Executive Director of Anadolu Kültür, Turkey. As democracy is backsliding at a rapid pace in Turkey, the pressure on civil society is mounti...

As a writer and digital activist, Deniz Erkaradağ wants to encourage the voices of queer people in Turkey. Working with one of the first podcasts in Turkey that focus on queer and feminist visibility,...

Osman Kavala, a human rights defender and philanthropist, has been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole by the Turkish Court on April 25, 2022. Seven other defendants, Mücella Yapıcı, Çiğdem ...

The respect for civil and political rights in Turkey is low. The power is concentrated to the president, and human rights defenders constantly face widespread persecution for criticising the governmen...

Civil Rights Defenders joins a host of international human rights organisations in calling for Turkey’s authorities to acquit 19 LGBTI+ HRDs standing trial for organising and participating in th...

We, the undersigned human rights organisations, believe that the only just outcome in the unfair prosecution of 19 human rights defenders for their participation in a peaceful Pride march on the campu...

Marking the International Women Human Rights Defenders Day (29 November) we’re releasing an episode of The Human Rights Defender podcast speaking about WHRDs and the increasingly precarious role they ...

As part of Turkey’s Solidarity Network for Human Rights Defenders, Civil Rights Defenders condemns the new bill of indictment of Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office against Osman Kav...