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Pride Month, which commenced today (June 1), marked the final day of a marathon of three hearings involving 70 students, exchange students, an academic, and a journalist.
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A prison sentence of 4 years and 5 months was given to Adem Taşkaya, a member of the Victory (Zafer) Party, who after the bomb attack that killed 6 people on the İstiklal Avenue in Taksim, İstanbul on November 13, portrayed lawyer Jiyan Tosun as the attacker.
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On the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Gezi Park protests, the police have cordoned off the vicinity of the park in Taksim Square, Istanbul.
In the afternoon, law enforcement officials placed barricades around the park and the iconic Atatürk monument, while some individuals chose to recline on the surrounding grassy areas.
LGBTI+ organizations have expressed their concerns over President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's anti-LGBTI+ statements following his victory in yesterday's election.
Addressing his supporters from atop a bus in İstanbul after his win became clear, Erdoğan accused opposition parties one by one, calling them "pro-LGBT."
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The Sevinç Özgüner Human Rights, Peace, and Democracy Award has been bestowed upon the eight people imprisoned in the case concerning the Gezi Park trial.
The awards were accepted by the families of the eight prisoners during an event held at the İstanbul Chamber of Physicians yesterday.
The Reykjavik summit will symbolize Europe’s conscience, and commitments will ring hollow unless we learn from our failure to deal with Russia.
Nils Muižnieks is Amnesty International’s Europe director. Rita Patricio is Amnesty International’s senior executive officer to the Council of Europe.
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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Turkey.
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The Turkish human rights activist has been imprisoned in Turkey since 2017. Erdogan's government considers Kavala an enemy of the state. DW was able to contact him and learned why he still has hope in spite of it all.
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A Turkish court on April 24 delivered a verdict of acquittal for İzmir Bar Association's chair and ten board members from the 2018-2021 term in the highly publicized case concerning their reaction to Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) President Ali Erbaş's comments targeting the LGBTI+ community and diverse lifestyles in Turkey.
For the second time, the Turkish Constitutional Court (AYM), which is the highest court for individual appeals in the country, has found violation of rights in the ban on Saturday Mother’s ("Cumartesi Anneleri" in Turkish) 700th vigil.