Syrians lose life-saving care as Turkey halts medical visits
Huddled inside a tent in rebel-held northwestern Syria, Umm Khaled says she fears her baby will die unless she gets treatment from a specialist...
Erdoğan critics profiled by Turkish Embassy in Colombia, document reveals
Critics of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who had been profiled by the Turkish Embassy in Bogotá were included in a terrorism probe based on...
Int’l law associations urge UN to pressure Turkish gov’t over persecution of legal professionals
Three international law associations have urged the United Nations to enter into urgent dialogue with the Turkish government with a view to ending the...
Domestic violence claims lives of 79 women in first 5 months of Year of...
Seventy-nine women have been killed in incidents of domestic violence across Turkey in the first five months of this year, according to data from the We...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan selected a crook and jihadist enabler as Turkey’s vice president
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Fuat Oktay, named vice president in the new Cabinet of Turkish Islamist leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the surprise of many Turkey...
Turkey arrests 61 active-duty military officers over Gülen links
A Turkish court in İstanbul on Monday ordered the arrest of 61 military officers accused of links to the faith-based Gülen movement, following their...
Constitutional court rejects top prosecutor’s request to block funds for pro-Kurdish party
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected a request from a top Turkish prosecutor to block state funds allocated to the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)...
Top court rules on ‘overly broad’ law on criminal organization membership
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has issued a "pilot judgment" about a provision of the Turkish Penal Code prescribing the penalty for offenses committed “on behalf...
Turkey’s media watchdog asks Albanian counterpart to restrict Gülen documentary
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) head İlhan Yerlikaya has sent a letter to his Albanian counterpart to restrict a documentary titled “Love...
Turkish prosecutors seek prison terms for 12 defendants over CHP congress allegations
Turkish prosecutors have filed charges against 12 people, including İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, over alleged irregularities during the main opposition Republican People’s Party’s congress...
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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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