Deutsche Welle to challenge Turkish journalist’s conviction at top court
German state-owned international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) will take the conviction of its İstanbul office coordinator, journalist Bülent Mumay, to Turkey’s Constitutional Court after...
Investigation launched into opposition MP who called Erdoğan a ‘snob’
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into a main opposition party lawmaker who called President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a “snob” for his remarks accusing...
2 journalists dead, 1 injured in alleged Turkish drone attack in Sulaymaniyah
A suspected Turkish drone strike killed two journalists and injured another in Iraqi Kurdistan’s Sulaymaniyah province on Friday, according to the Committee to Protect...
Official from Erdoğan’s party calls for release of woman arrested over street interview
Özlem Zengin, a deputy from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has called for the release of Dilruba Kayserilioğlu, who was arrested after...
UN rapporteur expresses deep concern over judicial independence in Turkey
Margaret Satterthwaite, the United Nations special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, expressed deep concern over the deteriorating state of judicial independence and...
Most Turks feel anxious about expressing their views on social media: survey
An overwhelming majority of Turks feel unsure and anxious when they post messages on social media, an apparent result of increasing government scrutiny of...
Far-right party leader calls for closure of Turkey’s Constitutional Court
Devlet Bahçeli , the leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has called for a radical re-structuring of Turkey's Constitutional Court or its...
One in 10 illegal migrants crossing to UK by boat is Turkish: Home Office
Turks made up 10 percent of the migrants who entered the UK illegally by way of small watercraft in the first half of 2024,...
Turks were second largest group of illegal migrants to Germany in 2023: report
Turkish citizens were the second biggest group of foreign nationals, following Syrians, who entered Germany illegally in 2023, according to a report from the German Federal...
Opposition mayor cancels dissident singer’s concert upon request by far-right group
An opposition-run municipality has cancelled a concert by dissident Turkish singer Suavi in Turkey’s conservative heartland of Konya upon a request by far-right ultranationalist...
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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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