Minority and Refugee Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
Turkey continued to limit the rights of minorities and refugees in 2022, with these communities suffering from rights violations, hate speech and attacks throughout...
VIDEO — A Turkish national abducted in Malaysia by operatives linked to Turkey’s Erdoğan
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A Turkish national was abducted in Kuala Lumpur on a broad daylight by unknown operatives who are believed to be affiliated with Turkish government...
AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate 2015 train station bombings in Ankara
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), have rejected a parliamentary motion to investigate the deadliest...
Turkish gov’t prosecutes 232 people over social media posts in a week
The Turkish government has investigated 277 social media accounts and taken legal action against 232 users over the last week (Oct.22-Oct.29, 2018) on accusations...
CHP mayor, party official detained in İzmir-linked probes amid crackdown on opposition
A mayor and a senior official from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) have been detained in separate investigations based in the western...
8-year-old refugee boy hospitalized after leg is mangled at work
An 8-year-old Afghan refugee boy was hospitalized in Turkey's western Kırklareli province after his leg was mangled by a piece of equipment at work...
European Parliament backs sanctions on Turkish officials over removal of opposition mayors
The European Parliament has passed a resolution condemning the dismissal and arrest of opposition mayors in Turkey, calling for sanctions on officials responsible for replacing them...
Turkey provoking nationalists against Armenian residents amid Azerbaijani-Armenian clashes, deputy says: report
The green light given by Turkish authorities for Turkish nationalists to hold demonstrations in front of the Armenian Patriarchate in Istanbul is a provocation,...
Turkish authorities must end vindictive prosecutions of former staffers of Özgür Gündem: CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) asked Turkish authorities to drop all charges against former staffers of Özgür Gündem, a now-defunct newspaper that had...
Lawyer daughters of jailed police chief detained over ByLock use
Fatma Yılmazer, the lawyer and daughter of jailed police intelligence chief Ali Fuat Yılmazer, was detained on Thursday over use of a smart phone...
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