December 17, 2020 Tomorrow, Friday 18 December 2020, marks the 1,144th day of detention for human rights defender Osman Kavala. On the same day, the first hearing of his trial based on the October…

Research Institute on Turkey joins 42 other organizations in a statement concerning the killing of human rights lawyer Tahir Elçi on 28 November 2015 and the lack of effective investigation into his death. Providing…

14 October 2020 The new bill of indictment issued by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office against Osman Kavala, a defender of human rights and peace, was accepted by the Istanbul 36th High Criminal…

April 30, 2020 In days when Turkey and the world is struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic, we are experiencing extraordinary times with thousands of people are losing their lives every day. Amid such crisis,…

Osman Kavala Trial examined at an International Book Talk via Zoom April 20, 2020, New York Research Institute on Turkey (RIT), Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project (TLSP) and Osman Kavala Solidarity Team organized…

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We, the undersigned freedom of expression and human rights organisations, strongly condemn last night’s guilty verdicts for staff and journalists of Cumhuriyet newspaper and note the harsh sentences for the defendants. The verdict further…

On December 25, 2017, during the fifth hearing at the Cumhuriyet case, Ahmet Şık was interrupted and removed from the courtroom after 2 minutes into his statement. The removal was based on Article 209…

Academics for Peace in North America call for solidarity: “Violations of academic freedom and freedom of speech in Turkey have reached a dire situation.  The intimidations from Turkish government and its affiliates toward academics…