Jailed Turkish journalist’s wife slams ECtHR for causing unlawfulness to be reproduced in Turkey
Imprisoned Turkish journalist Ahmet Şık's wife Yonca Şık has harshly criticised the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and accused the court of causing unlawfulness...
Amnesty projects names of jailed journalists on Turkish Embassy building in the Hague
Amnesty International on Tuesday night projected the names of imprisoned Turkish journalists onto the facade of the Turkish Embassy in The Hague.
The protest came...
DİTİB parade with Turkish children in uniform with fake guns at mosque in Germany...
A mosque in Herford, Germany, that is under the control of the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) in response to public outrage has removed most...
Dutch PM says Turkish sanctions against Netherlands ‘not too bad’ but ‘bizarre’
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said that sanctions imposed on the Netherlands by Turkey following a diplomatic crisis with the country were “not...
US reducing presence at Turkish airbase amid tensions with Ankara
The US military has sharply reduced combat operations at Turkey’s İncirlik Air Base and is considering permanent cutbacks there, according to a report by...
Turkish educator Akçay in Mongolia applies to UN for urgent action against imminent abduction...
Turkish educator Veysel Akçay, the general director of schools affiliated with the Gülen movement in Mongolia, who was abducted by the agents of Turkey’s...
US State Department highlights Turkish gov’t’s violations of religious rights in its 2017 report
The US State Department has highlighted the massive violations of religious freedom and rights by Turkish government across the country in 2017 in its...
Georgia trying to shut down private university at the request of Turkish gov’t
Georgian authorities have reportedly tried to close the private International Black Sea University (IBSU), which was founded in 1995 in Georgia's capital of Tbilisi,...
Germany probes Turk over alleged spying on Gülen supporters
German federal prosecutors said Friday they were investigating a Turkish national on suspicion of spying on dissidents for Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), Agence...
German-Kurdish singer Hozan Cane, jailed in Turkey, asks Merkel for help
German-Kurdish singer Saide İnaç, currently in pretrial detention in a Turkish jail, has written a letter to Chancellor Angela Merkel asking for help in...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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