Turkey

Fact Sheet Find basic data on Turkey, it's people and government and a link to the international human rights instruments ratified by Turkey.

Human Rights Issues Learn about the main human rights issues at stake in Turkey and find useful links to know more.

Civil Society Initiatives Learn about the different initiatives on Turkey taken by Civil Society.

News on Turkey

• Turkey: Harassment Against Human Rights Defenders Must End!
• Pressure on human rights defenders increasingly go on
• Turkish trade unionists once again banned from Istanbul central square
• Violations of Freedom of Expression are going on
• Last Operations against DTP are Attacks on Freedom of Expression and Organisation
• Warning: Freedom of Expression and Association should be Respected, the Rule of Law should be Abided regarding Ergenekon Investigation
• Excessive Force Used by Security Forces Has Been Turned Into Hate
• The Human Rights Violation Report 2008 Proves that Our Serious Concerns about the Human Rights Situation in our Country are Right
• Prisoners are on hunger strike in Erzurum H Type Prison
• Pressures on human rights defenders, who want justice for children, are going on!
• Kurdish: A language that can be free or prohibited depending upon officials wish
• The EMHRN and the IHD urge the Turkish authorities to allow Jon Rud access to Turkey
• The Association Lambda Istanbul Shut Down, Stop the Persecution Against Minorities’ Rights
• Freedom of expression must be respected - Release Ethem Açıkalın
• Turkey: Judiciary harassment against Osman Baydemir
• EMHRN appeals to the EU to open the door to Turkey
• Turkey: Trial against the NGO "GIYAV"
• Offices of the Turkish Human Rights Association raided
• F-Type Prison Crisis in Turkey
• Ban on 'Virtue' Party in Turkey
• F-type prison crisis in Turkey
• Human Rights Association in Turkey threatened
• Turkish Raids on Prisons Violate Human Rights
• Open Letter to Turkish Authorities concerning Akin Birdal
• Court Action against Human Rights Defender in Turkey

Publications

• Integration of Women's Rights into the Euromed Partnership (2003)
• F-Type Prison Crisis in Turkey (2001)
• Peace is not difficult: Trial Observation in Turkey (2000)

EMHRN Members

• Human Rights Association
• Pressure on human rights defenders increasingly go on
• Turkish trade unionists once again banned from Istanbul central square
• Violations of Freedom of Expression are going on
• Last Operations against DTP are Attacks on Freedom of Expression and Organisation
• Human Rights Violations in Adana in January, February and March 2009: Monitoring Report by the Adana branch of the Human Rights Association
• Warning: Freedom of Expression and Association should be Respected, the Rule of Law should be Abided regarding Ergenekon Investigation
• Excessive Force Used by Security Forces Has Been Turned Into Hate
• The Human Rights Violation Report 2008 Proves that Our Serious Concerns about the Human Rights Situation in our Country are Right
• Prisoners are on hunger strike in Erzurum H Type Prison
• Pressures on human rights defenders, who want justice for children, are going on!
• Kurdish: A language that can be free or prohibited depending upon officials wish
• Turkey: Judiciary harassment against Osman Baydemir