Greta Thunberg visits Turkey radio station closed over Armenian genocide row
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Friday visited İstanbul’s Açık Radyo, whose broadcasts were silenced earlier this month by Turkish authorities after a guest...
Turkey’s top court finds rights violation over victory sign
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a disciplinary punishment meted out to inmate Nihat Ekmez’s for making victory sign during a prison visit violated...
Outrage erupts over CNN Türk’s coverage of Gülen funeral for crossing ethical boundaries
CNN Türk has faced backlash following its coverage of Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen’s funeral in Pennsylvania on Thursday, with many condemning the station for...
UN raises concerns over Turkey’s anti-terrorism legislation and measures imposed during 2016 state of...
Experts from the United Nations Human Rights Committee on Friday raised concerns about Turkey’s implementation of anti-terrorism legislation and its extensive use of emergency...
Pro-Kurdish DEM Party headquarters attacked in Ankara amid political tensions
A late-night attack targeted the headquarters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) in Ankara on Thursday, following recent political tensions,...
Turkish strikes kill 27 civilians in Syria: rights group
Turkish drone strikes killed 27 civilians in Syria in a 24-hour military escalation following a deadly attack on a defense contractor near Ankara, Agence...
Foreign agents bill passes in Turkish Parliament’s Justice Committee, sparking widespread criticism from civil...
A bill proposing new judicial regulations, including penalties for so-called "foreign agents of influence,” was passed by the Turkish Parliament’s Justice Committee on Monday,...
Turkey detains 12 people over alleged Gülen links in Ankara
Turkish police have detained 12 people in Ankara over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group targeted by the government, Turkish...
X blocks access to more than 100 journalist, activist accounts in Turkey
Social media platform X has blocked access to over 100 accounts belonging to Turkish journalists, activists and media organizations run by journalists living in...
Editor-in-chief of Turkish daily arrested for Gülen condolence message
Kazım Güleçyüz, the editor-in-chief of Turkey’s Yeni Asya newspaper, was arrested on Wednesday on accusations of disseminating terrorist propaganda for conveying condolences for 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...