Turkish prosecutor files new charges against 4 Zaman journalists
A prosecutor has filed new charges against four journalists who worked for the Zaman newspaper, which was seized on March 4, 2016 and then...
EP President Tajani calls for fair and free elections in Turkey
The Turkish people must be given the opportunity to participate in elections that are free and fair, with the media being allowed to ensure...
Turkish police detain İYİ Party’s head of communications over links to Gülen movement
Kerim Çoraklık, head of the communications team of Turkey's opposition İYİ Party has been detained on charges of making the propaganda of the faith...
The Kafkaesque case of a visual Turkish journalist: Don’t forget Fevzi!
On the occasion of May 3, World Press Freedom Day, Can Bahadır Yüce, a poet, academic and journalist, has written an article for English...
Turkey marks Working Journalists’ Day as thousands of journalists jobless, jailed or exiled
Turkish journalists mark Working Journalists’ Day amid calls for release of jailed, jobless and suffering journalists persecuted by Justice and Development Party (AKP) government of...
Turkish Consulate in Warsaw seized passport of a news portal founder
Turkey’s General Consulate in Warsaw has seized the passport of a Turkish national in Poland as part of increasing pattern of arbitrary refusal of...
The number of jailed journalists in Turkey reaches to 200
Stockholm Center for Freedom, an advocacy group that monitors rights violations in Turkey, has updated its mammoth list of jailed journalists in Turkey which...
Turkey’s pro-gov’t daily sets up hotline for informing on Gülen followers in EU countries
The pro-government Sabah daily’s Europe edition, Sabah Avrupa, has set up a telephone line for its readers to report followers of the faith-based Gülen...
Turkish court releases 6 including German journalist Meşale Tolu
An İstanbul court on Monday released German journalist Meşale Tolu along with five others on judicial probation, Cumhuriyet reported.
Tolu, who was detained in April...
Turkey’s mainstream news channels censor main opposition’s presidential candidate
Turkey’s mainstream news channels NTV, Habertürk and CNN Türk failed to broadcast the first election rally of main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) presidential...
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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...