ICU patients left to die in undamaged hospital in quake-stricken Hatay: report
Authorities at a hospital in the southern Turkish province of Hatay, which was hit by two major earthquakes last year, allegedly left some 20 patients...
Turkish internet celebrity faces prison for spreading disinformation about 2023 earthquakes
Turkish social media celebrity Oğuzhan Uğur is facing a prison sentence of up to four-and-a-half years due to social media posts in the aftermath...
7 university students among 35 detained over alleged Gülen links
Thirty-five people, including seven university students, were detained on Tuesday on warrants issued by Turkish prosecutors for alleged links to the Gülen movement, a...
İHD co-chair files complaint against prison guards who allegedly beat and sexually harassed female...
Human Rights Association (İHD) co-chair and lawyer Eren Keskin filed a complaint last week against prison guards who allegedly beat and sexually harassed a...
Father of missing Yusuf Bilge Tunç says reappearance of former bureaucrat gives him hope
The father of Yusuf Bilge Tunç, who went missing 25 months ago and is feared to have been abducted by Turkish intelligence, said the...
Brazilian court refuses to extradite Gülen-linked businessman to Turkey
Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an extradition request from Turkey for a businessman due to his links to the faith-based Gülen movement, saying...
Turkey’s top court warns defying its rulings will give rise to criminal liability: report
Turkey’s Constitutional Court (AYM) has underlined in a reasoned decision that lower courts don’t have the right to defy its rulings, warning that attempts...
War of high courts: Appeals judges defy ruling to release MP, file criminal complaints...
A chamber of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has said the continued incarceration of an opposition lawmaker is legally appropriate, deciding not to comply...
Alevi identity video garners record attention for Turkish presidential candidate with 106 mln views
Leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has garnered record attention by publicly talking about his Alevi...
61 detained over alleged Gülen links in a week
Sixty-one people including students, doctors, teachers and former military cadets have over the past week been detained on warrants issued by Turkish prosecutors for...
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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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