ECtHR faults Turkey for violating rights of Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the rights of Murat Kanatlı, a conscientious objector from the breakaway Turkish Republic of...
Handing case of Khashoggi murder to Saudi Arabia reveals deterioration of rule of law...
In a statement issued on Friday, the Washington, D.C.-based Freedom House said Turkey’s decision to hand the case of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder to...
Turkish court convicts 4 human rights activists on terrorism-related charges
A Turkish court on Friday convicted Amnesty International’s former Turkey chairman, Taner Kılıç, of membership in a terrorist organization and sentenced him to more...
38 minors among 166 detained in pro-Kurdish party’s Nevruz celebration in Diyarbakır
One hundred sixty-six people, including 38 minors, were detained by police at the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party’s (DEM Party) Nevruz celebration held...
Turkish children suffer from malnutrition amid economic crisis, says expert
Hacer Foggo, founder of the Istanbul-based Deep Poverty Network, said in a recent interview that children in Turkey were disproportionately affected by poverty and...
Turkish court sentences journalist Deniz Yücel to almost 3 years prison
A Turkish court on Thursday convicted a correspondent for Germany’s Die Welt newspaper of engaging in propaganda in favor of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’...
Turkey’s hunger threshold reaches minimum wage
A labor union study put Turkey’s hunger threshold for March at TL 16,793 ($523), slightly below the minimum wage of TL 17,002, the Evrensel...
Top court says former Kurdish MP’s rights violated over remarks about Erdoğan
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that Hasip Kaplan, a former lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), sustained a violation of his right...
RSF slams Turkey’s new social media regulation
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in a statement issued July 22 condemned an amendment to the law on Internet crimes submitted this week by the...
EU asylum reform tightens criteria for Turkish nationals
The European Parliament has adopted a comprehensive pact to reform migration and asylum policies, which includes tough measures that could affect Turkish nationals in...
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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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