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Arbitrary Denial of Parole for Political Prisoners:

JOINT UN COMMUNICATION ON THE DETENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER SELÇUK KOZAĞAÇLI

On 2 February 2026, five human rights and legal organisations submitted a joint communication to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (“the Working Group”) concerning the ongoing arbitrary detention of prominent human rights lawyer Selçuk Kozağaçlı.

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PROJE HAKKINDA.

TLSP, son on yılda Türkiye’de yaşanan demokratik gerileme ve devletin kurumsal yapısının aşınmasıyla bağlantılı sistematik insan hakları ihlallerine karşı yürütülen hukuki mücadele ve hak savunuculuğu faaliyetlerini desteklemektedir. Bu ihlaller; yargı bağımsızlığına yönelik yapısal tehditlerden, sivil alanın daraltılmasına, terörle mücadele mevzuatının keyfi ve orantısız kullanımından, eleştirel görüş ve aktörlerin hedef alınmasına kadar uzanan geniş bir yelpazeyi kapsamaktadır. Proje; dava avukatları, insan hakları savunucuları, sivil toplum kuruluşları ve uluslararası örgütlerle işbirliği içinde çalışarak, stratejik davalamayı güçlendirmeyi, hak ihlaline uğrayan kişiler için etkili hukuki giderim yollarını geliştirmeyi ve bölgesel ile uluslararası insan hakları mekanizmalarıyla etkileşimi derinleştirmeyi hedeflemektedir.

TLSP, 2018 yılında kurulmuş olup Middlesex Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi bünyesinde faaliyet göstermektedir

"Strategic litigation support addressing Turkey’s rule of law, human rights, and democracy crisis"

The Turkey Litigation Support Project (TLSP) is a collaborative and independent initiative that brings together academics, human rights lawyers and researchers to strengthen legal accountability and address the deepening rule of law, human rights and democracy crisis in Turkey.

who are we

WHO WE ARE.

Prof. Phillip Leach

Project co-supervisor

Dr. Saniye Karakas

Senior Legal Consultant

Róisín Pillay

Project co-supervisor

Dr. Beril Onder

Project Lawyer

Helen Duffy

Former project co-supervisor

Nina Keese

Project Lawyer

Ayse Bingol Demir

Project Director

statements

CURRENT WORKS & NEWS.

Constitutional Court finds violations in the Academics for Peace case (Application no 2018/17635)

On 26 July 2019 the Constitutional Court of Turkey delivered a judgment concerning freedom of expression of ten academics who were convicted under anti-terrorism law for signing a peace petition, a group publicly known as “Academics for Peace”. In this leading case, the judges of the Grand Chamber were evenly divided: whilst eight judges were against finding a violation, the other eight judges, including the President of the Court whose vote had a special weight pursuant to Art.57 of the Rule of the Court, decided that the applicants’ right to freedom of expression was violated.

The Right to Hope Must Be Recognised – Türkiye’s Aggravated Life Sentences Under Scrutiny

Thousands of individuals in Türkiye are serving aggravated life sentences under a legal regime that excludes any possibility of conditional release or sentence review. These prisoners - convicted under laws concerning “State security”, “constitutional order”, “national defence”, or “terrorism” - face lifelong imprisonment without access to a functioning, reviewable, and non-discriminatory mechanism, regardless of the time served or any change in their individual circumstances.

Joint NGO statement: Osman Kavala Marks 7 Years Behind Bars

NGOs Intervene in the Case of Wrongly Detained Rights Defender Awaiting New European Court Ruling

Türkiye’s continued unlawful detention of the human rights defender Osman Kavala is a result of prosecutors and courts effectively operating under the political control of the government, three human rights organizations, including Turkey Litigation Support Project, said in a third-party intervention to the European Court of Human Rights regarding his case. The groups called for Kavala’s immediate release and for his conviction to be overturned, to give effect to the binding judgements of the European Court.

Six months after the elections – Turkey’s role on the international arena

TLSP Director Ayşe Bingöl Demir participating in the Falling Walls Science Summit 2023, Roundtable "Six months after the elections – Turkey’s role on the international arena", November 2023, Berlin/Germany

London, 23 March 2026

Türkiye: European Human Rights Court Hears New Case of Jailed Rights Defender Rights Groups Call on Court to Tackle Political Capture of Judicial Authority

5 March 2026

WEBINAR ON THE IMAMOĞLU CASE

6 March 2026

Urgent Action Letter to the UN Special Procedures: Prosecution and Conviction of Lawyers and Human Rights Defenders in Türkiye

17 February 2026

Türkiye: Lengthy prison sentences imposed on ÖHD lawyers and TUAD members for lawful professional and human rights work

17 Şubat 2026

Türkiye: ÖHD avukatları ve TUAD üyeleri meşru mesleki ve insan hakları faaliyetleri nedeniyle uzun hapis cezalarına çarptırıldı

5 January 2026

Turkey: Drop Bogus Charges against Istanbul Bar Association Leadership

6 November 2025

Türkiye: Justice Reforms Central to Fair, Durable Peace Parliamentary Commission Should Make Bold Recommendations for Change

14 April 2025

Joint Statement by the International Legal and Human Rights Community on Unacceptable Attacks on the Legal Profession in Turkey

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