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The Story of the Maden Family
Under Erdogan’s brutal regime, Turkey’s democracy derailed, innocent people are tortured or even killed in prisons. Those who wish to flee Turkey have a challenging journey to take, likely to…
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Set them free – International Day of the Girl Child
A young girl is behind bars with her mother in Istanbul one day while the mother was being searched before entering the courtroom. As the metal detector signaled and the…
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The Economist; Democracy is under threat all around the world.
Democracy is under threat all around the world. There are four stages to dismantling a democracy, starting with a charismatic leader who pledges to save the people pic.twitter.com/w9cIti4AsR — The…
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Persecuting the future: The child victims of Turkey’s purge under Erdogan’s Regime
Children struggle in the prison of Turkey. The current panel execution law No:5275 reads” imprisonment is adjourned for women who are pregnant or who have not passed 6 months since…
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Justice suffocates in post-coup Turkey: LAWYERS BEHIND BARS
The bloody July 15th coup attempt proved to be a turning point in the course of the crackdown and witch-hunt the AKP government had launched in the aftermath of the…
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Torture in Turkey reported by journalist Cevheri Guven
Α documentary about the “Torture Farm’ in the capital city of Turkey, Ankara. The video was prepared by Bold Media.
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UN Working Group calls on AKP govt to release Kaçmaz Family
Citing the state of emergency it has declared after the coup attempt in July 2016, the AKP government has further exacerbated its heavy human rights violations following the corruption operations…
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BM’den AKP iktidarına ültimatom: ‘Kaçmaz ailesini derhal ve şartsız serbest bırakın!’
Birleşmiş Milletler Keyfi Gözaltı Çalışma Grubu, yaşattığı ağır insan hakları ihlallerini ilan ettiği OHAL döneminde daha da şiddetlendiren AKP iktidarına ültimatom niteliğinde bir çağrı yaptı. Bir deklarasyon yayımlayan grup, Pakistan’dan…
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#FreeTanerKilic
What was your last happy family moment? Our colleague #TanerKılıç has missed all of them during the last year, being wrongfully imprisoned in #Turkey. #FreeTaner pic.twitter.com/ZwzCrKJlbs — Amnesty New Zealand…
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Story of Gokhan Acikkollu
Animatic story of Turkish teacher Gokhan Acikkollu who was tortured to death under police custody in Turkey. Video prepared by Huddled Masses.
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Mother’s Day 2018
English: Turkish: Tens of thousands of women, including housewives, journalists, teachers, academics, physicians, healthcare professionals, and businesswomen have been arbitrarily detained. Many of the detained women in the prison system…
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A Rogue State Under Erdogan
A Rogue State Under Erdogan: Turkey’s global witch-hunt and unlawful abductions of dissidents abroad The Turkish government has been conducting a witch-hunt against the dissenting groups under the state of…
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The noose | Ilmik
Α documentary about the press freedom and the human rights in Turkey. A film by Thomas Sideris.
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SaveTurkishJournalists: RSF appeals to European Court
Video prepared by Reporters without Borders. Source: https://rsf.org/en/news/saveturkishjournalists-rsf-appeals-european-court
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Hundreds of young Turkish children jailed alongside their moms as part of a post-coup crackdown
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Hear some of the tragic stories of some of the over 600 children that are imprisoned in Turkey after the failed coup attempt in…
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47 protesters detained in Turkey after demo in support of arrested teachers
Turkish police detained 47 protesters in the capital Ankara on 23 July, for demonstrating in support of two teachers arrested for going on a hunger strike. The teachers went on…
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PA State Rep. Margo Davidson reflects on her visit to Turkish refugees in Greece
When my constituents who are from Turkey started telling me about the plight of the Turkish people, it became more and more concerning. And then, when I was asked by…
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Dear Osman, dear Ahmet, dear Selahattin – speech in EP Plenary, Joint debate Turkey
The numbers are mind-boggling: 1⃣5⃣0⃣K – people fired 5⃣0⃣K – people imprisoned Remember that all these people have a face, have a family and have friends who are hoping for…
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Refugees are nowhere without your understanding
Some people find it hard to accept refugees. But what if they went through the same journey?
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Outside: Get out of Turkey
Is there a new refugee movement in Europe? Thousands of asylum seekers from Turkey already come from Turkey every month. The video is in Turkish and Finnish.
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Amnesty Kirklees’ letter of solidarity to an imprisoned judge in Turkey
Jan Walters, a solicitor and member of @AmnestyKirklees writes a letter of solidarity to an imprisoned #judge in Turkey, #Neslihan Ekinci.Please spread this video so that it may reach her…
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An int’l witch-hunt? ‘Four teachers working in the Afghan-Turkish schools were detained’
One Afghan and three Turkish teachers linked to the faith-based Gülen movement were detained by Afghan intelligence officials on Tuesday, Reuters reported. The move against Afghan Turk CAG Educational NGO…
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668 babies under age of six live in Turkish prisons
Turkish Execution Law: Article(16/4)The execution shall be deferred for a woman who is pregnant or until the end of six months following her delivery. TR has been governed with the…
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300 families have fled Turkey to Greece due to post-coup crackdown
A Turkish family that was victimized by a government purge of the Gülen movement following a failed coup in July 2016 has fled to Greece in an inflatable boat, telling…
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Freedom for Babies
There are more than 700 babies and 17 000 women in jail in Turkey. No more moms and babies should be behind the bars in Turkey.
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Drowning sparks outrage over Turkish crackdown
A family of five fleeing Turkish authorities has drowned after their boat capsized in the Aegean Sea. Their bodies washed up on the Greek island of Lesbos. The drowning has…
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Turkey: A Prison for Journalists
In 2016, Turkey became the world’s leading jailer of journalists, imprisoning at least 81 reporters, editors, and producers- a record number. This is a crackdown unlike any before, a crackdown…
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Turkish police arrest 8 human rights activists
Turkish police arrested local director of Amnesty International along with seven other human rights activists for “blatantly without cause”. Their whereabouts were unknown and had not been granted access to…
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Advocates of Silenced Turkey
The ruling AKP party headed by Erdogan has demonstrated growing intolerance of political opposition, public protests, and critical media. Amidst all the noise of hate, of oppression and violence, AST…
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Turkey defies UN on abductions with cases of disappearances piling up
Turkey defies UN on abductions with cases of disappearances piling up Mustafa Özben, a Bar registered lawyer, was last seen on May 9 when he took his daughter to school.…
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