Turkish woman detained over alleged Gülen links along with 40-day-old baby while visiting jailed...
Zehra Elbir, a former court clerk who was earlier dismissed from her job in the government’s post-coup purge of state institutions, was detained only...
İstanbul Mayor’s son-in-law Kavurmacı and ex-police chief Çapkın re-detained over alleged Gülen links
Following an arrest warrant issued by an İstanbul court on Friday İstanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaş’s son-in-law Ömer Faruk Kavurmacı was detained on late in...
Amnesty International launches int’l campaign for release of AI Turkey chairman
Human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) has launched a campaign for urgent action against the recent imprisonment of Taner Kılıç, a lawyer and the...
Turkish NGOs bring controversial April 16 referendum to ECtHR agenda
A group of Turkish NGOs, including the Turkish Union of Engineers and Architects’ Chambers (TMMOB), the Halkevleri (Community Centers) and the Alevi Pir Sultan...
Turkish Court accepts indictment demanding 2 consecutive life sentences for 13 journalists
An indictment drafted by the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office that seeks two consecutive life sentences for 13 people, including prominent Turkish journalists and...
EU countries to grant 5-year renewable residence permits to asylum seekers
European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee approved a regulation on Thursday that grants residence permits for all beneficiaries of international protection in the EU for...
Turkey bans access to 18 web pages, including sites revealing facts about failed coup
A Turkish court has banned access to 18 web pages, including Twitter accounts, news websites and blogs that reveal facts about a failed coup...
Turkish court gives 2 years of prison sentence for pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Tan
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Altan Tan was sentenced to 2 years in prison by a Turkish court on Thursday. The court has...
Turkey’s ruling AKP’s Aybek posing with MP5 machine gun released
Mehmet Aybek, a member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) youth branch, who was detained by police following he shared a photo...
HDP deputies start sit-in at Turkey’s Constitutional Court as ‘March of Justice’ goes on
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies have started a sit-in at the Constitutional Court building in Ankara protesting the arrest of its deputies, the...
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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...