Turkish columnist sentenced to prison for criticizing Defense Minister Akar
Prominent Turkish columnist Yılmaz Özdil was sentenced to five months’ imprisonment on Tuesday for criticizing then-Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar on a...
Terminally ill inmate’s death in prison is murder, opposition deputy says
The death of Ahmet Kaplan, a 48-year-old former police officer suffering from stage-four lung cancer, alone in a prison infirmary despite repeated requests for...
Paralyzed woman sentenced to prison on alleged terrorism charges
A young woman was sentenced to six years, three months in prison for alleged membership in a terrorist organization, despite suffering paralysis of her...
Turkey’s top court sanctions decree giving immunity to mobs accused of lynching soldiers
In a unanimous decision, Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday found a government decree that granted immunity to civilians who were involved in criminal activities...
Turkish teacher working in Libya moves to four different countries to avoid extradition
İbrahim Karadağ, who was a teacher in a Turkish school in Libya, had to flee the country in 2016 after the Turkish government demanded...
European court rules Turkey violated rights of Cumhuriyet journalists: report
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the right to liberty and security as well as the right to...
Appeals court upholds light sentence given to police officer who killed 2 children with...
A regional appeals court upheld a light prison sentence given to a police officer convicted of killing two children with an armored police vehicle...
Turkish writer Ahmet Altan held in prison for 1,500 days without a shred of...
The Turkish government has held novelist and journalist Ahmet Altan in İstanbul's Silivri Prison for 1,500 days without a shred of credible evidence that...
Turkish Embassy in Sweden spied on exiled journalist and critics, documents reveal
In a blatant violation of international conventions, Turkish diplomats and consular officers in Sweden have gathered intelligence about exiled Turkish journalist Abdullah Bozkurt and...
Turkish banks continue to deny services to dismissed public servants
Turkish banks continue to deny basic services to civil servants summarily fired by the Turkish government in the aftermath of an abortive putsch in...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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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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