Status: Acquitted Günal Kurşun 7 June 2023Turkey: Four human rights defenders acquitted six years after their arrest Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Turkey
Status: Acquitted Taner Kılıç 7 June 2023Four human rights defenders acquitted six years after their arrest Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Turkey
Status: Acquitted Özlem Dalkıran 7 June 2023Four human rights defenders acquitted six years after their arrest Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Turkey
Status: Acquitted Idil Eser 7 June 2023Turkey: Four human rights defenders acquitted six years after their arrest Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Turkey
Status: Perpetrator found guilty Jiyan Tosun 2 June 2023The perpetrator of smear campaign against woman human rights defender Jiyan Tosun found guilty Violations #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Turkey
Status: Acquitted Cumartesi Anneleri/İnsanları 7 May 2023Turkey: Saturday Mothers/People are acquitted Violations #Enforced Disappearance #Physical Attack Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Turkey
Status: Released Sebnem Korur Fincanci 19 January 2023Woman human rights defender Sebnem Korur Fincancı sentenced to imprisonment, granted release from prison Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Turkey
Status: Acquitted Fatin Kanat 16 December 2022HRD Fatin Kanat acquitted Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Turkey
Status: Judicial Harassment Göç İzleme Derneği (GÖÇİZDER) 19 October 2022Human rights organisation Göç İzleme Derneği members accused of membership of an armed terrorist organisation Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Turkey
Status: Sentenced Istanbul 10 9 June 2022European Court of Human Rights ruled that Turkey’s pre-trial detention of human rights defender Taner Kılıç was unlawful and arbitrary Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Turkey
Status: On Trial METU LGBTI+ Solidarity 20 July 2021Nineteen LGBTI+ rights defenders charged with “participating in unlawful assembly” and “resisting despite warning” Violations #Arbitrary detention #Questioning / Interrogation #Violence Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Turkey