Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abuse of asset freezing mechanisms under the pretext of prevention of...
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government’s decisions to freeze assets based on the pretext of preventing the financing of terrorism have...
Journalist Mevlüt Öztaş succumbs to cancer after belated release from prison
Journalist Mevlüt Öztaş, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer while in jail, died on Wednesday after his belated release from prison despite a medical...
HRW urges Turkey to lift courtroom restrictions in İmamoğlu trial
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged Turkish authorities to remove restrictions on lawyers, journalists and the public seeking to follow the trial of jailed İstanbul...
Police detain dozens during May Day demonstrations in İstanbul
Turkish police on Wednesday detained dozens of people attempting to tear down barricades in various districts of İstanbul after authorities banned May Day demonstrations...
Turkey marks Youth Day amid widespread youth unemployment
Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day was celebrated on Thursday in Turkey, where 2.3 million young people are unemployed, corresponding to 41 percent of Turks...
RSF: Turkish journalism in the throes of death, European court last hope
Assessing the state of the media in Turkey in a report for the anniversary of a controversial coup attempt in the country on July...
Uşak mayor detained in bribery probe amid growing crackdown on main opposition
Turkish authorities detained the mayor of Uşak along with 10 others on Friday as part of a bribery investigation, the latest move in an...
Documentary filmmaker facing terrorism charges released on probation
A Turkish court has released from custody a documentary filmmaker who is facing terrorism charges due to a 2015 documentary on Kurdish militants after...
Eskişehir Governor’s Office bans women from doing yoga in local park
A group of woman in central Turkey's Eskişehir province were banned from doing yoga in a city park by the governor's office amid outrage...
Local journalists increasingly targeted for their work, says professional association
The Contemporary Journalists' Association (ÇGD) released a statement yesterday condemning increasing pressure and attacks on local Turkish journalists following several incidents over the past...
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