Status: Acquitted Enes Hocaoğulları 2 March 2026Türkiye: Youth and LGBTQI+ rights defender Enes Hocaoğulları acquitted of all charges Violations #Smear Campaign #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Türkiye
Status: On trial Defne Güzel 2 March 2026Judicial harassment of LGBTQI+ rights defender Defne Güzel Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment #Other Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Türkiye
Status: Facing dissolution Genç LGBTİ+ Association 19 December 2025Court rules to dissolve Genç LGBTİ+ Association Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Türkiye
Status: Released Nimet Tanrıkulu 10 March 2025Nimet Tanrıkulu released from pre-trial detention Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Türkiye
Status: Re-trial Gezi Park Trial Human Rights Defenders 26 February 2024Three human rights defenders face retrial in the Gezi Park Case Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Türkiye
Status: Acquitted Göç İzleme Derneği (GÖÇİZDER) 13 February 2024All human rights defenders acquitted in Göç İzleme Derneği case Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment #Travel Ban #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Türkiye
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 #Türkiye
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 #Türkiye
Status: Acquitted Özlem Dalkıran 7 June 2023Turkey: Four human rights defenders acquitted six years after their arrest Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Türkiye
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 #Türkiye
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 #Türkiye
