Woman calls on Turkish authorities to stop Afghan fiancé’s deportation
The fiancée of an Afghan asylum seeker who was sent to a repatriation center to be deported on Sept. 20 called on Turkish authorities...
Turkey’s Erdoğan, ultranationalist ally agree to bring back death penalty
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ultranationalist ally Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), have agreed to a proposal that...
Top court to review rights defender, former MP Gergerlioğlu’s application on July 1
Turkey’s Constitutional Court will review an application submitted by rights defender and former MP from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu,...
Members of pro-Kurdish party detained in connection with Ankara bombing
Members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) are among people who have been detained in connection with a suicide bombing in the Turkish capital of...
Turkish police prevent another Saturday Mothers meeting in İstanbul
Preventing a sit-in of the Saturday Mothers at İstanbul's Galatasaray Square, with the protest now in its 701st week, Turkish police blocked the entrance...
YouTube removes Erdoğan aide’s video for violating ‘hate speech’ rules
YouTube, one of the most visited websites in Turkey, has removed a video of a speech by Turkish Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun during...
Turkish FM’s remarks on targeting infrastructure in Syria ‘admission of war crimes’: pro-Kurdish party
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Green Left Party (YSP) has condemned drone attacks carried out by Turkey in northern Syria, highlighting that the airstrikes resulted in civilian...
Jailed Turkish journalist Nazlı Ilıcak set for next hearing
Turkish journalist Nazlı Ilıcak (73), a well-known columnist, TV host and former parliamentarian, has spent over two years behind bars since her arrest on...
Gunman gets suspended sentence for 2016 attack on journalist
A Turkish court has given a suspended jail sentence of three years to a man who attacked opposition journalist Can Dündar in front of...
Children of couple serving sentences on Gülen conviction living in tent with relatives
A 13-year-old girl whose parents were arrested two weeks ago to serve sentences for conviction of links to the Gülen movement has said in...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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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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