Turkey Archives

ICAN stands in solidarity with WHRDs and HRDs detained in Turkey

ICAN stands in solidarity with WHRDs and HRDs detained in Turkey and urges the Turkish government to release them immediately On 5 July, Turkish police raided a hotel where a human rights defenders seminar was being held and detained 8 human rights defenders and 2...

WHRDIC Releases Statement about WHRDs in Turkey

The Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRDIC) released a statement expressing its solidarity with Kurdish women human rights defenders

Resisting the New Conservatism: Women’s campaigns for rights, peace and participation in Turkey. (Winter 2015)

For nearly a century, Turkey has been a model of a modern secular Islamic nation. As a member of the G-20 and NATO, a candidate for the European Union, and boasting the world’s 16th largest economy, Turkey’s influence in regional and international security and...