A media professional Hüseyin Belli faces lifetime jail in Turkey for severance payment
A media worker who worked for a critical Turkish national daily has been locked up behind bars for 266 days over farcical terror charges...
14-year-old boy caught in suitcase while trying to flee Turkey’s post-coup witch hunt
A 14-year-old Turkish boy, identified by his initials S.K., was detained in a suitcase in Turkey’s northeastern border province Artvin while he was on...
Kurdish students barred by Turkish teacher from speaking Kurdish at school
A Turkish teacher in Turkey’s southeastern Şırnak province has recently imposed a ban on mother language usage in an elementary school classroom, according to pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic...
Oda TV editor-in-chief gets suspended sentence for ‘insulting’ Erdoğan
Barış Pehlivan, editor-in-chief of the Oda TV news website, has been given a suspended sentence of 11 months, 20 days for “insulting” Turkish autocraticPresident...
EP urges immediate release of prominent Turkish rights activist/businessman
Turkey Rapporteur for the European Parliament (EP) Kati Piri shared on Twitter a cross-party letter signed by members of the EP primarily involved in...
Turkish court decides to release 8 human rights defenders pending trial
A Turkish court decided to release all eight human rights defenders from jail pending trial on Wednesday in their first hearing before the court after...
Turkish gov’t detains at least 43 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has detained at least 43 people as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement...
Arton Capital’s ranking shows Turkish passport loses more power in 2017
Turkey's passport has lost more prestige and power in 2017 under the rule of autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as it ranked 44th with score...
Erdoğan regime’s hostage taking policy continues to poison Turkey-US relations
Turkey’s Justice Ministry said on Tuesday it had canceled a planned study visit to the United States due to the widening diplomatic row between...
German Chancellor Merkel meets with wife of jailed Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted imprisoned journalist Deniz Yücel’s wife Dilek Mayatürk Yücel in her office in the German Parliament, Bianet reported on Wednesday.
According...
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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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