Turkish court acquits university students strip-searched during detention
A court in western Turkey has acquitted 17 university students out of 23 who were detained on accusations of links to the Gülen movement...
Turkey blocked access to 4,427 X accounts, tweets in 2022: report
Access to at least 4,427 URLs consisting of X, formerly Twitter, accounts and tweets were restricted in 2022 in Turkey, Turkish Minute reported, citing...
Boğaziçi University bans screening of movie on families with LGBT children
The administration of the İstanbul-based Boğaziçi University has banned the screening of a movie about the families of LGBT children on the university campus,...
Imam suspended for criticizing Turkish government policy on Israel
An imam in eastern Turkey has been suspended due to his criticism of Turkish government policy on Israel’s war against Hamas, Turkish Minute reported,...
Syrians in Turkey complain of intensified police checkpoints: ‘It’s like living in a prison’
In recent months many unregistered Syrian refugees in Turkey or those who live in provinces other than where they are officially registered have been...
Turkey releases writer imprisoned over solidarity with Kurdish daily
Imprisoned writer, activist and journalist Celalettin Can has been released from prison in northwest Turkey where he has been incarcerated for more than three...
Turkish sergeant claims mobbing by superiors in suicide letter
Ökkeş Gök, a 25-year-old sergeant stationed in southeastern Turkey, said he was subjected to systematic harassment by superiors in a letter he wrote before...
Turkey drops investigation into Turkish-German journalist over tweets
Turkish prosecutors have decided to drop an investigation into Tuncay Özdamar, an editor for German public broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln (WDR), which had led...
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog imposed 570 sanctions on TV stations in 2023
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Turkey’s broadcasting regulator, has imposed a total of 570 sanctions on TV stations since the beginning of...
Top court upholds hundreds of life sentences in Turkey’s 2016 coup attempt trial
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld sentences handed down to 430 of 469 defendants, most of whom were sentenced to life in...
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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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