Turkish-backed Syrian rebels used child soldiers, pro-government think tank report reveals
Some 4 percent of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army’s (SNA) ranks comprised child soldiers in the years prior to early 2020, according to a...
Turkey marks Universal Children’s Day amid widespread children’s rights violations: report
Turkey is celebrating Universal Children’s Day this year in an environment where dozens of children have died in work-related accidents and access to education...
19 lawyers detained in dawn raids in SE Turkey, warrants outstanding for scores of...
Turkish police in the early hours of Friday detained 19 lawyers in southeastern Turkey as part of an investigation into the Democratic Society Congress...
Turkey’s academic community severely paralyzed due to government pressure: Scholars at Risk
Turkey’s academic community is severely paralyzed due to a government crackdown on scholars in the last four years, according to the New York-based Scholars...
Human rights watchdogs call for release of Kurdish politicians
Human Rights Watch and ARTICLE 19 called on the Turkish government to release former co-chairs of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş...
Kurdish asylum seekers face deportation to Turkey from Romania
Four Kurdish asylum seekers, including Kurdish journalist Nuri Akman, are facing the risk of being deported to Turkey by Romania, according to Turkish media.
Although...
Doctor sentenced to prison for treating wounded alleged terrorists
Human rights defender and physician Dr. Serdar Küni has been sentenced to four years, two months in prison on charges of aiding a terrorist...
Turkey, Kosovo violated fundamental rights of expelled teachers: UN working group
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has concluded that the arrest, detention and forced transfer to Turkey of six Turkish teachers...
Dismissed civil servant barred by authorities from attending public course
Nebi Toylak, a former public school teacher summarily fired by the Turkish government in the aftermath of an abortive putsch in July 2016, was...
Health records of late purge victim reveal extent of neglect by prison, hospital authorities:...
The health records of former police officer Ahmet Kaplan, who died behind bars from lung cancer on November 10, have exposed the extent of...
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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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