Prof. Dr. Karadağ from Akdeniz University says that “the works of 71 university presidents in Turkey have not been cited in an international publication and 68 university presidents have never published an article in an international journal.”

The three-meter-long sculpture has been made after two months of work.

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have released a joint statement and called on Turkey to carry out the ECtHR ruling and release arrested businessperson Osman Kavala from prison immediately.

Nazan Dedeoğlu suspiciously died by falling off a bridge in Kumkapı, İstanbul on April 18, 2018. Her family argues that the incident was a murder, rather than a suicide as alleged by her boyfriend, who was with Dedeoğlu at the time of incident.

HDP has released a report on the violations of rights committed in 2019 on the occasion of Human Rights Week. The report has shown that 1,674 HDP members and executives were detained and 200 of them were arrested this year.

Criticizing the Swedish Academy for awarding the Nobel Prize in Literature to writer Peter Handke, Erdoğan has said that the Institute "also awarded the prize to a terrorist in Turkey."

A 23-year-old university student has been sentenced to prison after a cap with a star and a book about a communist leader were found in his home.

In the wake of ECtHR verdict of right violation, the attorneys of arrested businessperson Osman Kavala have released a written statement: “We consider the ECtHR verdict to be a just, but a long-overdue legal gain.”

The deal "was compiled in bad faith" and violates the UN Law of the Sea, the government spokesperson of Greece has said.

Participated by 2,651 people from 28 cities, Amnesty International survey on human rights perception has shown that while 82.1 percent of the society think that their basic rights and freedoms are violated, 62.6 percent think that they are restricted.

The bill calls the US administration to sanction Turkey over its procurement of S-400 air defense systems from Russia.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has given a verdict of right violation for businessperson Osman Kavala, who was detained on October 18, 2017 and has been arrested since November 1, 2017.

International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) has released a statement on the occasion of Human Rights Day. Referring to the popular uprisings, it has underlined that they "are united in their rejection of an elitist socio-economic model."

The Constitutional Court has announced its ruling on Fırat, who was wounded in the police attack at the funeral ceremony of Berkin Elvan: The prohibition of ill treatment has been violated and Fırat shall be paid 10,000 TRY in non-pecuniary damages.

Speaking to bianet on the occasion of Human Rights Day, rights defenders Hakan Tahmaz, Gülseren Yoleri, Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Ali İhsan Gültekin, Derya Yolcu, Bülent Aydın and Tarık Beyhan said that violations of rights continued in 2019.

Those who cannot access healthcare in their native language use healthcare services only in serious situations, according to a study by Dr. Tevfik Bayram and Prof. Dr. Sibel Sakarya.

HDP’s Muradiye District Co-Mayor Yılmaz Şalan and Özalp District Co-Mayors Dilan Örenci and Yakup Almaç have been arrested. They were taken into custody in house raids in Turkey’s eastern province of Van on December 6.

Council of Europe has issued a statement for December 10 Human Rights Day. Referring to the achievements gained in terms of human rights, the statement has also directed self-criticism at the European Court of Human Rights.

According to the report released by the Freedom of Expression Association (İFÖD), “While access to 80,553 websites was blocked from Turkey as of the beginning of 2015, this figure is 288,310 in total as of October 2019.”

Lawyer Yeşilırmak has indicated that there are serious bruises on the bodies of Ayşen Ece Kavas and Yaprak Okatalı. Noting the helmet number of the riot police officer battering Kavas, the lawyers have filed a criminal complaint.