Turkey’s Abuse of INTERPOL: How Erdoğan Weaponized the International Criminal Police Organization for Transnational...
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has abused INTERPOL in a number of ways.
The Erdoğan government has...
Ankara to reject UK plan for Afghan refugee center in Turkey
The Turkish government will reject a UK plan to establish an asylum processing center for Afghan refugees in Turkey, the foreign ministry said in...
Turkey is not Europe’s ‘refugee warehouse,’ Erdoğan says amid Afghanistan crisis
Turkey is not Europe's refugee warehouse, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said amid an increase in recent weeks in the number of Afghans making...
Toll of Turkish air strike in Iraq rises to eight
The death toll in a Turkish air raid on a clinic in Iraq’s Sinjar province has risen to eight, local officials said Wednesday, a...
Turkish army fire kills Iraqi Kurdish farmer: local official
Turkish army fire killed an Iraqi Kurdish farmer on Friday in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, where Ankara has been battling militants,...
Members of US Congress express concern about Turkey’s drone program
Twenty-seven members of the US Congress have voiced concern over Turkey’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program in a letter sent to Secretary of State...
Ugandan dissident arrested in Turkey: report
Fred Kajjubi, aka Lumbuye, a Ugandan dissident residing in Turkey, has been arrested on unidentified charges, the Daily Monitor newspaper reported on Thursday.
Since the...
Turkish diplomats spied on Erdoğan critics in Malawi, documents reveal
Judicial documents obtained by Nordic Monitor have confirmed that six Turkish nationals in Malawi had been profiled by Turkish diplomats and reported to the...
Protestors demand release of Turkish women jailed in Malta while fleeing persecution
Two Turkish women who fled Turkey to avoid a government crackdown in the aftermath of a coup attempt in 2016 and were arrested in...
Greece claims Turkey endangered migrants in Aegean boat accident
Greece’s migration minister has accused neighboring Turkey of allegedly endangering migrants at sea and ignoring an agreement with the EU to stem illegal migration...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
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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...