Turkish gov’t’s refugee espionage in US this time targets Nakıboğlu family
A new case of refugee espionage abroad committed by Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency (AA), which is under direct control of the Turkish government...
Turkey’s dismissed academics want their passports back after state of emergency lifted
Turkish academics who were dismissed from their jobs by government decrees during a two-year-long state of emergency have started a campaign on social media...
Turkey sentences YPG militant captured during Afrin offensive to aggravated life
The Hatay 2nd High Criminal court has sentenced Muhammed Mahmud Derviş, 22, a Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militant who was captured by Turkish...
‘Bad news’ themed art festival in Germany includes statue of Turkey’s Erdoğan
A golden effigy of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan evoking the famous statue of Saddam Hussein has been erected in a central German city...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan sends an operative as ambassador to the Netherlands
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The appointment of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan confidante and corrupt politician Şaban Dişli as a non-career ambassador to the Netherlands suggests the Turkish...
US State Department criticises Turkish gov’t’s ‘broad definition of terrorism’
The US State Department has criticized Turkish government's definition of terrorism, saying, "Turkey has a broad definition of terrorism that includes crimes against the...
Merkel says Germany needs more evidence on Gülen movement to call it ‘terrorist organization’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday said Germany is carefully investigating Turkey’s arguments regarding the Gülen movement but that they need more evidence, Sputnik’s...
Turkish officials to examine Saudi consulate over journalist Khashoggi’s disappearance
The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Tuesday announced that officials from the Saudi Consulate General in İstanbul have agreed to cooperate and would open their...
EP Rapporteur Piri warns: Without urgent reforms no improvement in EU-Turkey ties
Kati Piri, the European Parliament’s (EP) rapporteur on Turkey, said on Friday that there will be no improvement in EU-Turkey relations without urgent democratic...
Another appeal against Booking.com ban rejected by Turkish court
A Turkish court of appeals has rejected a renewed appeal filed by Dutch-based online hotel booking platform Booking.com against a ban on its activities...
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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.
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