Turkey seeks renewed extradition push against Gülen-linked people despite past rejections
Turkey will update and resubmit extradition requests for people accused of links to the faith-based Gülen movement, Justice Minister Akın Gürlek has said, signaling...
Denmark moves to deport Turkish teacher despite risk of prosecution over Gülen links
A Danish asylum ruling has put 29-year-old Turkish mathematics teacher Tuğba Koç on the brink of forced return to Turkey after authorities accepted that...
Children working on farms in Turkey’s Southeast instead of going to school
Thousands of children of farm laborers are working the fields in the Siverek district of southeastern Şanlıurfa province picking cotton instead of going to...
[Interview] Dr. Dana Moss calls on the UN to appoint a special rapporteur on...
Dr. Dana Moss, who developed the term ’’transnational repression,” in an interview with the Stockholm Center for Freedom called on the United Nations to...
Turkish gov’t detains retired public servant for aiding families of post-coup victims
An İzmir man, identified as M.S., was detained by police on Friday for helping the overseas followers of the Gülen movement to raise money...
Monument of Kurdish philosopher and poet Ahmad-i Khani demolished by Turkish government
Trustee Ulaş Akhan, who was appointed by the government of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to replace pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party's (HDP) mayor...
Venice Commission watchdog says Turkey ‘on the road to autocracy’
A body of constitutional law experts has warned of a “one-person regime” in Turkey in the wake of proposed constitutional amendments which will establish...
Indictment seeks up to 15 years jail time for 71 businessmen over Gulen links
An indictment prepared by a Kayseri prosecutor seeks a jail sentence of from three to 15 years for 71 businessmen due to their alleged...
More than 5,000 people mistreated or tortured in Turkey in 2021: report
Cases of human rights violations in Turkey last year included 5,488 incidents of torture or mistreatment, with 1,414 of them taking place in prisons,...
PEN Turkey bestows women’s rights award on academic attacked by Erdoğan
The PEN Turkey Writers’ Association has granted its annual Duygu Asena Women’s Rights Award to Professor Ayşe Buğra, who was recently targeted by Turkish...
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