Turkish court jails 4 LeMan staff members over cartoon allegedly insulting religious values
Four staff members of the Turkish satirical magazine LeMan were jailed pending trial on Wednesday on charges of “publicly insulting religious values” after being...
Dozens of Kurds detained in home raids in 5 Turkish provinces
Dozens of Kurds have been detained in home raids across five Turkish provinces, Turkish Minute reported, citing the Mezopotamya news agency.
The detentions took place...
Turkey issues detention warrants for 40, including 23 active duty soldiers over alleged Gülen...
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday issued detention warrants for 40 people, including 23 active duty and 12 dismissed members of the...
Turkish gov’t prosecutes 263 people over social media posts in a week
The Turkish government has investigated 320 social media accounts and taken legal action against 263 users over the last week (Oct.1-Oct.8) on accusations of...
Erdoğan joins far-right ally in backing live broadcast of chief rival İmamoğlu’s trial
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday gave his approval to a proposal for the upcoming trial of jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the president’s...
Uyghur design director working in Turkey arrested in China during family visit
A Uyghur design director working for a Chinese locomotive company in Turkey was arrested by Chinese authorities during a family visit to Xinjiang, Turkish...
Thousands of undocumented migrants are homeless in Turkey and other EU border countries: PACE
Thousands of undocumented migrants are homeless at the EU's external borders, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey and Belarus, said the Parliamentary...
Turkish court refuses to release US Consulate employee Uluçay
The Mardin 3rd High Criminal Court on Friday rejected a request for the release of Hamza Uluçay, an employee of the US Consulate Adana...
Jailed Turkish journalist indicted for allegedly threatening President Erdoğan
Well-known Turkish journalist Fatih Altaylı, who has been in pretrial detention since June 22, has been indicted on charges of threatening President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a...
EU tells Turkey to address democracy before membership
The European Union’s enlargement commissioner told Turkey on Wednesday to address issues around democracy and the rule of law if it wants to boost...
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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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