Bianet's shadow report on Turkey highlights threats to freedom of expression from several sources and gender-based violence. This statement was originally published on bianet.org on 21 October 2024.

Chairman Smith, Chairman McGovern, and honorable members, thank you for the opportunity to testify. Turks tell a joke about a Turkish professor who makes a statement President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ...

‘We will continue to stand with Taner until the end and to fight against the relentless curtailing of human rights in Turkey’ - Agnès Callamard The decision by Turkey’s highest appeals court to ...

Secretary of Defense James Mattis criticized Turkey for its “authoritarian drift” and its record on human rights but still wants the NATO ally to receive the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, according to a ...

Addressing a letter to the UN for jailed women’s rights activists, human rights defenders have requested that the Special Rapporteurs "urge the government to stop prosecuting the expression of ...

Human Rights Watch’s Turkey director, Emma Sinclair Webb, analyzes new legislation targeting journalists and civil society and the ouster of Kurdish mayors. The new wave of repression is being greeted ...