Turkish university student detained for wearing ‘hero’ T-shirt, stripped while under police custody
A 24-year-old university student, identified with his initials B.Ö., was taken into police custody where he was stripped half naked, for wearing “hero” T-shirt...
AKP deputy says PACE rejected suggestion for exhibit on Turkey’s failed coup
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Adana deputy and head of the Turkish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
US requires detailed security screening of cargo from Turkey
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has said it issued a new security directive requiring enhanced screening of cargo from Turkey.
According to a Reuters...
Germany says Turkey sought extradition of 53 people, not 4,500 as Erdoğan claims
While Turkey claimed that they sought the extradition of 4,500 suspects linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) from Germany, the German Justice...
Erdoğan says Dutch PM can’t look him in the face anymore
Criticizing European countries for attacking Turkey, Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Friday Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte cannot look him in...
Turkey launches investigation into CHP deputy soon after Erdoğan’s criticism
An investigation was launched into main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu immediately after Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticized the...
Erdoğan calls US indictment of former Turkish minister ‘political’
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday criticized the indictment by a US attorney’s office of former Turkish Economy Minister Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan...
Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Ayhan Bilgen released by Turkish court
Ayhan Bilgen, a jailed deputy and former spokesperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP) was released by a Turkish court on Friday, according...
Turkey’s PACE member Kürkçü forcibly taken to court to testify
Ertuğrul Kürkçü, a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE) and a deputy of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP), was...
US approves ban on selling guns to Erdoğan’s security detail
The US Senato has approved the draft proposing ban on selling guns to Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s security detail, CNN Türk reported...
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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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