Layoffs of Turkish media personalities continue after Doğan Media’s sale to pro-Erdoğan group
Three television personalities were dismissed on Monday in an ongoing shakeup that has followed the takeover of the Doğan Media Group by a businessman...
Yazidis condemn Turkish gov’t for destruction of ‘condolence house’ in Nusaybin
Turkish authorities' destruction of a condolence house built by Yazidis in Kaleli village in the Nusaybin district of Mardin province who were forced to...
Turkish court imposes travel ban on CHP deputy Erdem following indictment
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Eren Erdem, who was not included on his party’s nomination list for the June 24 general...
Turkish court sentences journalist Kazım Canlan to 7,5 years on “terror” charges
The Ankara 26th High Criminal Court on Monday handed down a seven year, six month sentence to journalist Kazım Canlan after he was convicted...
Turkish courts sentence 106 military personnel to aggravated life imprisonment over July 15 coup...
Turkish courts sentenced 106 military personnel on Monday to aggravated life imprisonment over their alleged involvement in a controversial coup attempt on July 15,...
Turkish gov’t detains 527 people for alleged links to Gülen movement over last week
The Turkish government has detained 527 people across Turkey over the past week (May 14-May 21) as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt...
Friends call for release of jailed Turkish businessman-activist Osman Kavala
Friends of prominent activist and businessman Osman Kavala have called for his release from jail in a joint statement, seven months after he was...
‘I am here despite assassination threats,’ Erdoğan claims in visit to Bosnia
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday said that information about possible assassination threats against him during his visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina would not deter...
Turkish gov’t detains 12 people as they try to flee from persecution to Greece
Turkish security forces detained 12 people, including a former district governor, five children and three women, on Sunday in the Kuşadası district of Aydın...
Turkish prison administration restricts HDP candidate Demirtaş’s access to newspapers
The administration of Edirne Prison initially refused to give jailed politician and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş a newspaper in which...
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Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
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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.
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