Germany accelerates appeasement policy towards Turkish gov’t despite HR violations
The German government has ramped up its policy of appeasing the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan despite massive post-coup violations of...
Turkish historian Ayşe Hür sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison over...
A Turkish court sentenced Ayşe Hür, a Turkish historian, columnist and TV commentator, to 1 year and 3 month in prison over her social...
Turkish court sentences Islamic scholar to 6 years and 3 months in prison over...
A Turkish court ruled on Tuesday to sentence Turkish writer and anti-capitalist Islamic scholar İhsan Eliaçık to 6 years and 3 months in prison and...
Erdoğan’s nationalist ally calls for early elections to take place in Turkey on Aug....
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ultra-nationalist ally Devlet Bahçeli, who is also the leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), called on Tuesday for...
Abducted Turkish citizen Ümit Horzum delivered to police after 133 days of disappearance
Turkish citizen Ümit Horzum, who was kidnapped in Turkey’s capital of Ankara on December 6, 2017 over his alleged affiliation to the Gülen movement, was...
Unemployed Turkish teacher commits suicide
A 25-year-old teacher in the Aegean province of Aydın’s İncirliova district has committed suicide after being unemployed for the last four years, Doğan News...
COMMENTARY — Dutch, German intelligence agencies uncover Turkish kidnapping, murder plots
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The secret intelligence cabal directly controlled by the head of Turkey’s notorious National Intelligence Organization (MİT) under direct orders from the Turkish...
28 EP members send letter to Kosovo’s Thaçi and Haradinaj over 6 abducted Turkish...
Twenty-eight members of the European Parliament sent a letter on Monday to Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi and Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on the...
Thousands of CHP supporters hold sit-in protest in Taksim against OHAL
Thousands of supporters of the Turkey main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) held a sit-in in İstanbul’s Taksim area on Monday protesting government plans...
US Pastor Brunson denies allegations of links with Gülen movement as his trial begins...
US Pastor Andrew Brunson on Monday denied allegations of any links to the Gülen movement as he went on trial in a case that...
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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...