CoE Commissioner Muiznieks voices dismay on indictment for Turkish human rights defenders
Nils Muiznieks, Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights, has expressed his dismay at the prosecutor’s indictment against Turkish human rights defenders detained...
Turkey’s 768 senior public servants, families claimed asylum in Germany
Germany’s immigration office has received asylum applications from 260 Turkish diplomatic passport holders and 508 “service passport” holders since the failed coup attempt on...
KESK: Over 50 public officials, who were dismissed by gov’t decrees, commit suicide in...
The Confederation of Public Employees’ Trade Unions (KESK) has announced that more than 50 people, who were among the public employees dismissed by Turkish...
Turkish military denies bombing hospital in Syria’s Afrin province
The Turkish military on Saturday denied that it had struck a hospital in Syria’s Afrin region, where it is waging a nearly two-month-old offensive...
Turkey tries to snatch Gülen supporters in Gabon
Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm has reached to West African nation Gabon where four Turkish nationals who work at Hizmet-linked school...
CCBE urges release, medical treatment of detained Turkish lawyer
Antonín Mokrý, president of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), which represents the bars and law societies of 45 countries...
30 Turks a day have fled to Greece since snap election decision
Thirty Turks have fled to Greece daily since the announcement of snap elections in Turkey on June 24, the Greek Kathimerini newspaper reported.
According to...
Turkish Deputy PM Bozdağ: Turkish people are smarter than France’s Macron
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ on Wednesday said there are people working to discredit Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of the June...
I did not promise to extradite Turkish soldiers, says Greek PM
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday he did not promise to extradite eight former Turkish soldiers seeking asylum in Greece after a...
US senators visit Turkey’s Erdoğan to discuss case of jailed pastor, delivery of F-35...
Two US senators who have sought to prevent Turkey from purchasing a Russian S-400 missile defense system and the delivery of F-35 fighter jets...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2022. Authoritarianism continued to gain ground...
Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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This report focuses on how illegal pushbacks by Greek authorities have devastating consequences on Turkish asylum seekers upon their return to Turkey.
In recent years...