The General Assembly of the Constitutional Court has concluded that arrested businessperson and rights defender Osman Kavala’s right to personal liberty and security has not been violated.
Dissenters are facing persecution, with 16,000 HDP members arrested or detained. But hardcore support keeps the struggle alive
It has been a lonely year for Adalet Fidan, the mayor of Silopi in Turkey’s Kurdish south-east – and not just because of the pandemic.
Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu called Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk…
“The judgment demonstrates how the Erdoğan presidency weaponizes detention and prosecution to remove opponents from the political scene and threatens free democratic debate,” says HRW’s Europe and Central Asia Director Williamson.
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