Universal Periodic Review
Marina
El Khoury
Reflecting on the UPR for Türkiye – Key Takeaways from Our Side-Event and the Formal Review
Türkiye’s Universal Periodic Review, a peer review of human rights undertaken by all UN Member States, took place on May 6, 2025, in the midst of one of the most alarming surge in human rights violations in the country. In order to raise further awareness and maintain the issue on the agenda despite competing priorities, FNF’s Human Rights Hub organized a side-event where Turkish lawyers, journalists, and human rights defenders presented a grim picture of a repression moving from personal targeting to blanket systemization. The panel was composed of four Turkish partners, lawyers and journalists, to share their firsthand information and recommendations.