Turkish gov’t brought charges against 136,795 people for alleged membership in ‘terror organisations’ in...
The Turkish government brought charges against a total of 136,795 people on accusations of alleged membership in "terrorist organizations" in 2017, according to data...
Turkey sends 79-year-old veteran journalist to prison
Prominent Turkish journalist Nazlı Ilcak has been sent to prison to serve a sentence handed down on conviction of libeling a public prosecutor, Turkish...
Appeals court upholds 22-year sentence given to former Kurdish MP
A regional appeals court in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır has upheld a prison sentence of 22 years, three months handed down to...
İHD’s Keskin: Fate of 264 forcibly disappeared people in Turkey remains undetermined
"The fate of 264 out of 472 people known to have been forcibly disappeared throughout the 1990s cannot be determined," said Eren Keskin, chair...
Ex-Yemeni minister’s son under house arrest for involvement in İstanbul accident
Musaeed Ahmed Musaeed Hussein, the son of former Yemeni Minister for Expatriate Affairs Ahmed Musaed Hussein who was involved in a car accident in...
MEPs condemn attack on HDP, murder of party member
An attack on pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) office in İzmir and the killing of Deniz Poyraz, a party official in the building at...
Greek administration agrees to provide protection to two Turkish soldiers
The Greek administration agreed on Monday to provide protection for two former Turkish commandos who fled to Greece on the night of a controversial...
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,...
Pushbacks and violence against refugees are de facto border policy in Greece: Amnesty International
Greek border forces violently and illegally detain groups of refugees before summarily returning them to Turkey, human rights watchdog Amnesty International said in a...
Turkey’s Saturday Mothers announces 701st gathering in İstanbul despite ban
The Saturday Mothers announced on Friday that they would be at Galatasaray Square for their 701st weekly gathering on Saturday despite a prohibition by...
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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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