Editing Human rights in Turkey (section)

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[[File:Human Rights Mural.JPG|thumb|Mural depicting human rights in Turkey. The listed rights are: consumption rights, the right of a clean environment, the right to obtain information, the right to life, voting rights, the right to education, [[freedom of thought]], right to [[health]], [[Social equality|equality]], [[habeas corpus]].]]

'''Human rights in [[Turkey]]''' are protected by a variety of [[international law]] treaties, which take precedence over [[Legal system of the Republic of Turkey|domestic legislation]], according to Article 90 of the 1982 [[Constitution of Turkey|Constitution]]. The [[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]] (ICCPR) was not signed by Turkey until 2000.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ubjCDGcZ1Z4C&pg=PA253|title=Human Rights in Turkey|first=Zehra F. Kabasakal|last=Arat|date=1 January 2011|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|via=Google Books|isbn=978-0812201147}}</ref> As of today, however, Turkey is party to 16 out of 18 international [[human rights]] treaties of the [[United Nations]].<ref>The info was achieved through [https://indicators.ohchr.org/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726091050/https://indicators.ohchr.org/|date=2014-07-26}}; accessed on 11 January 2022</ref>
The issue of human rights is of high importance for the [[Accession of Turkey to the European Union|negotiations with the European Union]] (EU).

As of 2025, the [[Freedom House]] rated Turkey's human rights at 33 out of 100 (not free).<ref>[https://www.freedomhouse.org/country/turkey/freedom-world/2022 Freedom House, 2022 report]</ref>