UK announces deal with Turkey to tackle illegal migration

The UK has announced a deal with Turkey to enhance cooperation on tackling illegal migration, which includes a new operational “center of excellence” to be...

Post-coup victims attacked by inmates in eastern Turkey prison

Two inmates in a prison in eastern Turkey have attacked eight other inmates arrested or convicted on charges of affiliation with the faith-based Gülen...

Jailed former Kurdish mayor attends sister’s funeral under heavy security escort

Former Diyarbakır co-mayor Gültan Kışanak from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) was temporarily released from prison in Kocaeli province under heavy gendarmerie escort...

Most religion-based hate crimes in Turkey targeted Alevis, Christians in 2022: report

Alevis and Christians were targeted in the vast majority of religion-based hate crimes recorded in Turkey in 2022, according to a report by the...

Asylum applications from Turks in Germany see 203 pct rise in first 7 months

There was a 203 percent increase in the number of asylum applications from Turkish citizens filed in Germany in the first seven months of...

Sputnik Turkish firing journalists after decision to strike: report

The Turkish bureau of Russian state-owned news agency and radio broadcast service Sputnik has begun to fire journalists and media workers after they decided...
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Turkey’s media watchdog starts enforcement of 7-day blackout on TELE1 TV

The enforcement of a seven-day blackout on Turkish broadcaster TELE1, which was ordered by Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) over its editor-in-chief’s...
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Greek police pushed back 5 Turkish asylum seekers fleeing Erdoğan’s crackdown

Greek authorities on Sunday forcibly pushed back five Turks — a mother and her two children, another woman and a man — after they...

Turkish rights group İHD calls for recognition of Yazidi massacre as genocide

Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) has issued a statement calling on countries that have not yet recognized the mass killings of Yazidis by the Islamic State...

Turkey orders unregistered Syrians to leave İstanbul by September 24

The Turkish government has ordered unregistered Syrian refugees to leave İstanbul by Sept. 24 in the wake of heightened scrutiny over the refugee population...

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Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review

The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today released its latest report "Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review," which highlights the most important developments...

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