Amnesty International says that Turkish authorities have detained its country director for Turkey, Idil Eser, amid a sweeping crackdown on dissent. The U.K.-based rights group says Eser was taken ...

Turkey Detains Chair Of Amnesty International Turkey : The Two-Way Taner Kiliç's detention is part of a crackdown following last July's failed coup attempt. Thousands have been arrested since then.

An estimated 1.6 million Syrian refugees have entered Turkey since the Syrian war began in March 2011. About 220,000 are living in 22 government-run camps that offer food and essential services ...

Turkey’s interference with its judiciary deepened in 2024 with binding rulings of the local constitutional court and judgements of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ignored, Amnesty ...

The Trump administration criticized the Turkish government Wednesday after police in that country detained a prominent human rights lawyer as part of a crackdown on people suspected of links to a ...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Amnesty International said on Tuesday truth and justice had become "total strangers" in Turkey after its local director and five other activists were remanded in custody on ...

Amnesty International's Turkey branch, which fights for human rights worldwide and works to end violations, has laid off one-third of its employees. In the branch, which has 24 employees,eight people ...

A European governmental body has condemned the decision by Turkey’s Supreme Court to confirm the aggravated life sentence for activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala ...

Amnesty International says that shortly after sunrise on Tuesday, security forces turned up at the home of its Turkey country chairman, brought him to his office, then took him into custody. The ...