Turkish gov’t expells 682 education syndicate member teachers from cities
Turkey’s Education and Science Workers’ Union, known as Eğitim Sen, announced that a total of 682 Eğitim Sen member teachers who were returned to...
KCK: Kurdish militants captured Turkish MİT agents in northern Iraq
Diyar Xerîb, General Presidential Council member of the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), an umbrella organization that encompasses the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), confirmed...
Daniel Pipes: Accusation targeting Gülen on Turkish coup is usual Erdoğan puffery and deceit
Daniel Pipes, an American historian, writer, and commentator who is the president of the Middle East Forum and publisher of its Middle East Quarterly...
Jailed police chief Anadolu Atayün’s wife also jailed by Turkish government
Turkish government has jailed Birsen Atayün, the wife of jailed police chief Anadolu Atayün, on Monday, just days after her 15-year-old son and 17-year-old...
Turkish coup suspect says he acted thinking putsch was within chain of command
Army Aviation Command Attack Helicopter Squadron Commander Lt. Col. Özcan Karacan, who was recently detained in Antalya over his alleged role in a failed coup...
PACE’s UEL Group urges for the rights of elected Members of Parliament of Turkey...
Tiny Kox, the leader of the Group of the Unified European Left at the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) has sent a letter to...
Jailed Turkish journalists to protest identical uniforms by undressing during their court hearings
Jailed journalists may protest against the identical uniforms, which has been planned by the despotic regime of Turkey's autocratic Presindent Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, by...
EU-sponsored ‘The Handbook on Prisoners’ Rights’ not allowed in Turkish prisons
"The Handbook on Prisoners’ Rights", a guide for inmates to protect their rights in jail which was published by the contributions of the European...
US refuses Turkey permission to use Pakistani pilots for training Turkish F-16 pilots
The US has rejected a Turkish proposal to use Pakistani pilots for training Turkish pilots for F-16 fighters, the Cumhuriyet daily reported on Monday,...
CSU leader Seehofer demands EU cut financial aid to Turkey
Horst Seehofer, leader of the Christian Democratic Union’s (CDU) Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), has asked Brussels to cut off European...
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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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