Syrian teenager stabbed to death in alleged hate crime
Sixteen-year-old Syrian Eymen Hammami was stabbed to death in an alleged hate crime in the northern city of Samsun on Sunday, the Evrensel daily...
More than 36,000 people faced criminal investigation for insulting President Erdoğan in 2019
The number of people investigated for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is increasing every year, with 36,066 people facing criminal investigations in 2019, the...
Turkey should end detention of lawyers held for representing clients: ICJ
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Monday expressed its deep concern at the issuance of detention warrants for 60 lawyers in Turkey on...
Man convicted on bogus terrorism charges attends daughter’s funeral in handcuffs
Ali Koca (51), a former teacher who was convicted of alleged membership in the Gülen movement, was allowed to attend his daughter's funeral on...
Tortured, robbed and pushed back to Turkey, migrants face rogue force in Greece: report
A Turkish migrant who fled Ankara’s crackdown on dissent has given a detailed account of push-back on Greek soil to Bold Medya on Friday,...
Turkey issues detention warrants for 60 lawyers following Erdoğan’s call to suspend attorneys accused...
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday issued detention warrants for 60 lawyers on terror charges, following a call by Turkish President Recep...
Turkish asylum seeker lost in Evros River after push back to Turkey
Ümit Şakır (27), a Turkish political asylum seeker, arrived in Greece on September 3 by crossing the Evros River and is now missing after...
Disabled man with multiple health problems kept in prison on bogus terrorism charges
Bilal Danış (30), a former public servant in the western city of Izmir who was arrested in November 2016 and convicted on bogus terrorism...
Iranian activist facing deportation from Turkey fears torture and death penalty
Iranian citizen Maryam Shariatmadari, who went to Turkey on a tourist visa after receiving a prison sentence in Iran for protesting, was detained by...
Uighur Muslims protesting China not allowed to enter Ankara
A group of Uighur Muslims travelling to Turkey’s capital to make a press statement protesting China’s persecution of Uighurs was not allowed to enter...
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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.
In recent years...