Journalist Gülseven, detained over alleged insult to Turkey’s Erdoğan, released
The chief editor of the Redaktif website, Hakan Gülseven, who was detained on Friday in Balıkesir province on charges of insulting Turkey's autocratic President...
Gülen’s brother left to die in Turkish prison, deprived of medications
One of the brothers of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, Kutbettin Gülen, who was arrested in October, is being deprived of medications despite suffering...
UN body gives law lesson to Turkey and asks immediate release of arbitrarily jailed...
The United Nations’ Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), which works under UN Human Rights Council, has called on Turkish government to immediately release...
Turkish parliament speaker rejects parliamentary question by CHP on Sivas massacre
Turkish Parliament Speaker İsmail Kahraman has rejected a parliamentary question by main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) İzmir deputy Zeynep Altıok on the Sivas massacre,...
Second local AKP politician killed in armed attack in Turkey within 24 hours
Aydın Ahi, the deputy chairman of the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the Özalp district of Van province, was killed in armed...
Motion filed against pro-Kurdish HDP deputy for ‘sitting in front of party office’
The Diyarbakır Public Prosecutor’s Office has filed a motion against pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Diyarbakır deputy Ziya Pir, demanding his immunity from prosecution...
German beverage firm uses anti-Erdoğan posters to create public awareness against authoritarianism
Germany's beverage company Fritzkola has printed posters to create an awareness about increasing authoritarianism around the world and against the G-20 Summit in the...
29-year-old woman dies of heart attack on way to visit her jailed husband
A 29-year-old woman, Pınar Çınar, died of heart attack while on her way to visit her husband who has been imprisoned over alleged links...
Local AKP politician killed in armed attack in Diyarbakır
Orhan Mercan (34), the deputy chairman of the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Diyarbakır’s Lice district, was killed in an armed attack...
Turkey’s top court: Emergency rule compatible with ECtHR and CoE decisions
In the reasoned opinion for a verdict that rejected the individual petitions of individuals accused of participation in a failed coup, the Turkish Constitutional...
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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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