Turkish gov’t planning to dismiss 3,000 more military officers over alleged links to Gülen...
Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli on Wednesday said the government has identified 3,000 active duty military officers suspected of links to the Gülen movement...
Turkish Parliament extends state of emergency for 7th time
Turkey’s state of emergency was extended on Wednesday by three months for the seventh time as the Turkish Parliament passed a bill presented by...
Turkish gov’t jailed 77,081 people since controversial coup attempt in 2016 over alleged links...
The Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan jailed 77,081 people between July 15, 2016 and April 11, 2018 over alleged links to...
Erdoğan announces Turkey to hold snap elections on June 24
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called snap elections on June 24, moving the date up from November 2019 after a Wednesday meeting with ultra-nationalist...
Turkish captain suspended over links to Gülen movement allegedly commits suicide
Yet one more suspicious death has been added to the long list of suicides and suspicious deaths witnessed following a controversial coup attempt on...
Turkish gov’t furious over harshest report ever released by EU on Turkey
The Turkish government led Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is furious over a report released on Tuesday by the European Commission that is the most critical...
Turkish gov’t detains 16 colonels over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government on Wednesday detained 16 colonels on active duty at the Turkish Air Forces Command and the Turkish Naval Forces Command as...
US President Trump in a tweet calls on Turkish gov’t to release Pastor Brunson
US President Donald Trump in a tweet on Tuesday urged the Turkish government to free Pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been jailed since October...
Kosovo bank reportedly freezes accounts of alleged followers of Gülen movement
As a new stage of persecution of Turkish nationals affiliated with the Gülen movement in line with the oppression of Turkish government led by...
Afghan-Turk school raided by Turkish diplomats, soldiers in Afghanistan’s Mazar-e Sharif
A group of Turkish diplomats led by Turkish Consul General Şevki Seçkin Alpay together with dozens of Turkish soldiers and Afghan military police officers...
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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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