Worker held captive and brutally mistreated by employers desperately seeks justice
Vedat Kurt, a 22-year-old man who was allegedly taken prisoner and tortured by his employers after complaining about his unpaid wages, has called on...
Rights activist Avazyan briefly detained by Turkish police at airport
Natali Avazyan, a Turkish-Armenian human rights activist, tweeted on Wednesday that she was being taken into police custody at an airport in the southern...
İstanbul court releases 2 former Zaman daily editors under judicial supervision
An İstanbul court has ruled for the release of two former editors from the now-closed Zaman daily from pre-trial detention under judicial supervision, Turkish...
OHAL Commission refuses to reinstate ‘Academics for Peace’ signatory despite court decision
An appeals commission in Turkey overseeing appeals filed against the summary dismissal of public servants in the aftermath of a 2016 coup attempt has...
15 bar associations slam defacing of Kurdish-language traffic signs
Fifteen bar associations from Turkey’s Kurdish-majority regions have issued a joint statement condemning the defacing of Kurdish traffic signs, allegedly under the supervision of...
3 Syrian men killed in alleged hate crime in Turkey’s İzmir province: report
Three Syrian men were killed in an alleged hate crime in Turkey's İzmir province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Monday.
According...
UN-protected refugee shares harrowing tale of abduction, urges authorities to locate missing husband
Saadet Taşçı, who was kidnapped on Friday in Nairobi by individuals allegedly connected to Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), has recounted her harrowing experience...
Turkey’s top court finds rights violations in 11,830 applications in 2021
Turkey’s Constitutional Court found at least one violation of human rights in each of 11,830 applications in 2021, according to updated statistics announced by...
Opposition MP submits parliamentary proposal to investigate the impact of poverty on minors in...
Ayşe Sibel Yankıömeroğlu from the Republican People’s Party (CHP) has submitted a parliamentary proposal to investigate the impact of poverty on minors in Turkey...
3 women detained by police acting without a warrant for attending demonstration
Turkish police on Wednesday detained three women, whose identities were not disclosed, during a raid on their homes in Istanbul, despite not having a...
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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...