Türkiye: Stonewalling on Charges for Officials in Earthquake Deaths
Authorities Refuse to Provide Information About Investigations
![A commemoration held in Hatay, Turkey on the first anniversary of the February 6, 2023 earthquakes. Survivors of the earthquake and families of victims are campaigning for all those responsible for defective buildings to be held accountable. The banner here reads “Is anyone hearing us?”](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/03/202403eca_Turkey_earthquacke_pp.jpg?h=d4e7f77d&itok=2BhijIgF)
The authoritarian and highly centralized presidential government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has set back Türkiye’s human rights record by decades, targeting perceived government critics and political opponents, profoundly undermining the independence of the judiciary, and hollowing out democratic institutions. Türkiye has withdrawn from the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (the Istanbul Convention) and is subject to a Council of Europe infringement procedure for its failure to implement a judgment of the European Court of Human Rights ordering the release of jailed human rights defender Osman Kavala. Türkiye hosts 3.7 million Syrian refugees and asylum seekers from Afghanistan and other countries.
Authorities Refuse to Provide Information About Investigations
Abuses and Impunity in Turkish-Occupied Northern Syria
Attacks Exacerbate Ongoing Humanitarian Crisis for Millions
Impunity Persists for Widespread Abuses
Court Ignores European Court of Human Rights Rulings on Abusive Proceedings
Provide Whereabouts, Urgent Medical Care; and Release Activist
Exiled Tajik Opposition Activists Arrested, Disappeared
No Access to Livelihoods; Dangerous Smuggling to Reach other Areas of Syria
Authorities Refuse to Provide Information About Investigations
Rigorous transparency measures needed as government pressure grows
Türkiye Bears Responsibility for Turkish and Proxy Forces’ Actions
Critical Infrastructure Damaged, Millions Without Access to Essential Services