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@hbarkey “The March 2025 arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu…marks the most aggressive deployment of prosecutorial power against electoral competition in the republic’s history.”
Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
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Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
@TLHumanRights
Official account for the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, U.S. House of Representatives. Co-Chairs @RepMcGovern (D-MA) & Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ).
- Replying to @TLHumanRights@hbarkey “As of late 2025, Turkey was in violation of more than eighty unimplemented judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and a comparable number of unimplemented rulings of its own Constitutional Court.”
- Replying to @TLHumanRights@hbarkey “The institutions of the Turkish state…have been progressively reconfigured to serve as instruments of one man’s rule and one man’s political continuity.”
- Replying to @TLHumanRights@mrubin1971 “For a Jewish tourist to vacation at a resort in Antalya in 2026 would be akin to a Jewish tourist choosing Garmisch-Partenkirchen for a ski vacation in 1936.”
- Replying to @TLHumanRights@mrubin1971 “Simply put, there will never be peace in the Eastern Mediterranean or Southern Caucasus until Turkey is at peace with all its citizens and its leaders learn that a strong Turkey is based on rule-of-law and transparency, not distraction and conspiracy.”
- Replying to @TLHumanRights@mrubin1971 “Religious incitement is now at its highest in Turkey since the Armenian and Pontic Greek genocides of the early twentieth century.”
- Replying to @TLHumanRights@serkangolge_ “Even an alleged one‑dollar bill became part of a terrorism file. None of this was evidence of a crime. None proved violence. None proved that I joined an armed hierarchy.”
- Replying to @TLHumanRights@serkangolge_ "Turkey has laws on paper. Turkey has a constitution. Turkey is a party to the European Convention on Human Rights… The problem is not the absence of legal standards. The problem is the absence of enforceability in politically sensitive cases.”
- Replying to @TLHumanRights@serkangolge_ “I survived prison, but survival is not justice.”
- The Democratic staff of the TLHRC are now accepting applications for the fall term (September to December) under the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Internship Program (deadline June 24). For application information see: humanrightscommission.house.gov/about/internsh…
- Convicted in a secret, one-day trial that denied them due process, human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari & Hadi Ali Chattha face more delays. Last week, the Islamabad High Court postponed their hearing because the prosecution failed to show up. Pakistan must release them now.
- Today we mark the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in China. We honor the brave students and citizens who stood up for freedom and democracy in 1989, and we stand solid with those who continue to demand truth, accountability, and human rights.
- No child should ever have to suffer the horrors of war, violence, or abuse. On this International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, we reaffirm our global commitment to protecting the most vulnerable and ensuring every child grows up in peace and safety.