Writer Düzkan says will surrender to serve jail sentence for supporting Kurdish daily
Leading Turkish feminist writer Ayşe Düzkan announced in a column on
Monday that she would surrender to authorities to serve an 18-month
prison sentence...
COMMENTARY – Erdoğan, a modern-day Don Quixote, fights millions of monsters in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt
Just like in the novel by Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, who
created a fictional character named Don Quixote who jousts with
windmills...
Turkish court arrests journalism student for allegedly insulting Erdoğan
A Turkish court on Friday arrested Berivan Bila, a journalism student
at Karadeniz Technical University, on charges of insulting President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in...
PEN declares jailed Kurdish politician Demirtaş an ‘honorary member
PEN Center Germany, part of PEN International, has declared jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been imprisoned in Turkey for two years, an...
Former Bursa governor sentenced to 6 years, 3 months over Gülen links
Şahabettin Harput, a former Turkish governor of the western province of Bursa, was sentenced to six years, three months in prison over alleged links...
CoE commissioner to raise misuse of counterterrorism laws with Turkey
“Anti-terrorism laws in Turkey have made some people’s lives impossible,” said Dunja Mijatovic, the Council of Europe’s (CoE) commissioner on human rights, adding that...
Turkish prosecutors issue 228 warrants, police detain 166 in one day over Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 228 people countrywide, 166 of whom were detained, as part of a post-coup crackdown targeting followers...
Turkish prosecutor charges 120 people in Gezi Park investigation: report
Turkish prosecutors filed criminal charges for at least 120 people and have launched investigations into more than 600 suspects for their participation in the...
COMMENTARY – The murder of the Russian ambassador exposes Erdoğan’s jihadist friends
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Despite attempts by the Islamist government in Turkey to hush up the investigation into the assassination of Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov and...
6 human rights defenders and politicians arrested on terrorism charges
Six human rights activists and politicians who were detained along with others during police operations in the eastern Turkish province of Malatya on Tuesday...
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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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