Protesters mark 100 days since İmamoğlu’s arrest; Istanbul Pride and Trans Pride violently repressed Published at 02.07.2025 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption office raid women youth intimidation labour rights excessive force protest prevention of protest journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Leading presidential candidate detained after announcing bid; Subsequent protests brutally repressed Published at 02.05.2025 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption sexual assault minority groups intimidation travel ban HRD detained excessive force labour rights protest torture/ill-treatment HRD acquitted censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Press freedom in Turkey continues to deteriorate amid arrests and prosecutions of journalists Published at 31.03.2025 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI office raid intimidation HRD detained labour rights prevention of protest HRD acquitted censorship journalist detained Read more
"Agents of influence" bill reintroduced; protests repressed, press freedom under attack Published at 01.11.2024 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid CSO closure intimidation travel ban excessive force prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment censorship LGBTI women refugees and migrants minority groups attack on journalist labour rights protest violent protest political interference journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Turkish Medical association targeted, media blackout following Istanbul bomb attack Published at 11.01.2023 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment attack on journalist labour rights protest internet restriction restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Turkish pop star arrested for comments, disinformation law passed, targeting of journalists Published at 07.12.2022 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women refugees and migrants CSO closure attack on journalist HRD detained labour rights protest restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Escalating attacks on women journalists, the new bill criminalises misinformation further stifling free speech Published at 02.08.2022 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: youth office raid intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force prevention of protest censorship positive court ruling LGBTI women refugees and migrants attack on journalist labour rights protest internet restriction restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
International community decry injustice as HRD Osman Kavala sentenced to life in prison Published at 03.06.2022 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women office raid intimidation harassment attack on journalist negative court ruling protest internet restriction restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Students detained and suspended over university protests; Women’s rights protests met with repressions Published at 03.01.2022 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth women refugees and migrants harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Protests for academic freedom continue amid detentions Published at 26.11.2021 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women youth harassment attack on journalist labour rights excessive force protest prevention of protest bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained land rights Read more
Wildfires lead to violations against journalists and free speech Published at 28.08.2021 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI harassment attack on journalist excessive force labour rights protest prevention of protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Mass protests over Istanbul convention as women refuse to give up, LGBTI rights targeted again Published at 14.07.2021 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women harassment attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest prevention of protest censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention; journalists remain under threat Published at 20.05.2021 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women refugees and migrants HRD detained protestor(s) detained labour rights protest Read more
Women protesters arrested for displaying LGBTI flags, crackdown on critical voices continues Published at 26.03.2021 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women youth attack on HRD attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights protest internet restriction prevention of protest censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Student protests calling for academic freedom met with excessive force, LGBTI students targeted Published at 25.02.2021 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women youth harassment HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights excessive force protest prevention of protest restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Censoring critical voices: Social media giants fined; journalists, women HRDs behind bars Published at 15.01.2021 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling self censorship women HRD detained protest internet restriction bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Free speech under siege as government launches new unit to tackle ‘misinformation’ Published at 09.11.2020 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing excessive force labour rights protest internet restriction killing of journalist censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Protests over government plans to withdraw from Istanbul Convention Published at 18.08.2020 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women harassment excessive force protest internet restriction prevention of protest restrictive law HRD acquitted censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Expression under threat: New law to censor social media Published at 23.07.2020 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI women intimidation labour rights excessive force internet restriction restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Further attempts to curtail freedom of expression during COVID-19 Published at 05.06.2020 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI protest disruption women surveillance excessive force internet restriction prevention of protest restrictive law time,place restrictions censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Censorship hindering free speech "like a brick wall" Published at 06.03.2020 Country Turkey Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship protest disruption women HRD detained protest censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
