Report: Turkish gov’t systematically torture jailed journalists from state-run TRT
Turkish journalist Cevheri Güven, who used to be the editor-in-chief of closed Nokta newsweekly in Turkey and now live in exile, has written in...
Turkish gov’t imprisons 8 people for 10 months over their show of solidarity with...
Eight people have been kept in prison over just their demonstration to show their solidarity with journalists by protesting police raid to the Zaman...
Bugün TV sold by Turkish gov’t to a ‘triggerman’ convicted of plundering, murder
The satellite and cable broadcasting licenses of Bugün TV, which used to be owned by İpek Media Group that was allegedly affiliated with the...
Turkish businessman and civil activist Kavala detained at İstanbul airport
Osman Kavala, one of Turkey’s most prominent businessmen and chairman of the İstanbul-based Anadolu Kültür Association, was taken into custody by Turkish police upon...
Erdoğan regime’s banditry targeting Turkish teachers stirs debate in Pakistan
The abduction of Mesut Kaçmaz, the director of Pak-Turk School, and his family members in Pakistan and their illegal deportation to Turkey have led...
CoE’s Jagland talks to Turkish justice minister for the release of jailed rights defenders
Thorbjørn Jagland, the secretary-general of the Council of Europe, held a phone conversation with Turkey’s Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül and called for the release...
CPT report highlights problems in Turkey’s immigration detention centers
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) has stated in its report on Turkey that many foreign nationals were kept for...
CoE: Imprisonment of journalists part of broader pattern of repression against dissent, criticism
Nils Muiznieks, Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights, has stated in an observation report on October 10, 2017, which was released today,...
Amnesty International: EU leaders must press Turkey on human rights
Iverna McGowan, director of Amnesty International’s European Institutions Office, said ahead of a European Council meeting on Oct. 19 and 20 which is expected...
Turkish court sentences journalist Kuru with 6 years of imprisonment over working for Zaman...
Turkish journalist Mehmet Kuru was sentenced by a Turkish court to 6 years and 3 months prison term only for the fact that he...
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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...