Türkiye: Students, Journalists on Trial for Protest

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Students protest against the detention of fellow students who joined demonstrations against the jailing of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, Kadiköy, Istanbul, April 8, 2025. © 2025 Human Rights Watch (Istanbul, April 17, 2025) – Türkiye is set to prosecute hundreds of people, mainly students, who protested the detention of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoglu in hasty, mass trials, scheduled to begin on April 18, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today.The rushed nature and mass scale of the trials, which lack evidence of criminal wrongdoing, exemplify how Türkiye’s restrictions…

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