Turkish authorities detain Workers’ Party members over slogans at CHP rally in Istanbul
Turkish authorities detained several members and executives of the Workers' Party of Turkey (TİP) early Friday morning, including party council member Arzum Yalçın, over...
Experts warn of safety risks as contractors ordered to work round the clock in...
Occupational safety experts have criticized a recent directive by Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum instructing contractors in earthquake-affected areas to work...
Pioneering Saturday Mothers activist passes away, sparking grief among fellow campaigners
Emine Ocak, a pioneering activist with the Saturday Mothers movement who joined the first protest in Istanbul’s Galata Square on May 27, 1995 in...
Turkish MP reveals plight of female cadets serving life sentences on coup charges
Mustafa Yeneroğlu, a lawyer and independent member of the Turkish Parliament, has revealed the plight of three female former air force cadets who have been serving...
[Interview] Authoritarianism creates an unsafe environment for children, Defence for Children Netherlands Director Blaak says
Defence For Children Netherlands Director Mirjam Elisabeth Blaak said in an interview with the Stockholm Center for Freedom that although there is an assumption...
DEM Party deputy reveals police torture of former academic during post-coup crackdown
A former assistant professor at Harran University in southeastern Urfa province was subjected to torture during a 2017 police interrogation, Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party...
Opposition deputy submits parliamentary inquiries regarding state negligence in murder of young woman
A deputy from the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has submitted three parliamentary inquiries following the murder of a female university student...
Turkey secretly plots to bypass INTERPOL rules to target exiled journalist in Sweden
A classified memo issued by Turkey’s Security General Directorate (Emniyet) reveals covert efforts to circumvent INTERPOL rules in order to secure an international arrest...
Girl’s letter after mother’s arrest highlights toll of Turkey’s post-coup detentions on children
A 10-year-old girl’s letter describing the impact of losing both parents to prison over alleged links to the Gülen movement has shone a spotlight...
Severely disabled man among hundreds detained in nationwide crackdown on Gülen movement
A severely disabled man was among hundreds detained on Tuesday in a sweeping crackdown targeting real or perceived members of the faith-based Gülen movement,...
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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...