Turkish gov’t agency puts assets of 11 seized media outlets up for sale
Turkey’s Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has put property belonging to 11 media outlets that were closed down by the Turkish government under the...
Turkish court upholds travel ban for Turkish-German journalist Tolu
Turkish-German journalist Meşale Tolu will not be allowed to leave Turkey, where she faces charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda, a Turkish court has decided.
The...
Jailed Turkish journalist Ahmet Altan acquitted in Erdoğan insult case
Famous Turkish author and journalist Ahmet Altan, who was jailed in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016, has...
EP’s Harms calls on ECtHR to immediately process complaints of Turkish journalists Sabuncu, Şık
Rebecca Harms, spokeswoman for foreign affairs and expert on Turkey in the European Parliament’s Greens/EFA group, on Thursday called on the European Court of...
AI: Chilling climate of fear sweeping Turkey as gov’t abuses state of emergency
"A chilling climate of fear is sweeping across Turkish society as the Turkish government continues to use the state of emergency to shrink the...
OSCE’s Désir calls on Turkey to release all journalists
Harlem Désir, representative on freedom of the media for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), has called on Turkey to release...
Turkish court sentences 14 Cumhuriyet daily staff members to prison over terror charges
A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced 14 staff members of the opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet to prison on terrorism charges and acquitted three, one of...
Turkey’s chief justice says not implementing top court’s rulings out of the question
At a meeting attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s Chief Justice Zühtü Arslan said the rulings of the Constitutional Court concerning the...
Fox TV anchor given suspended sentence for ByLock claim about Turkish minister
A suspended jail sentence of 16 months, 20 days has been handed down to Fox TV anchor İsmail Küçükkaya on insult charges due to...
Turkey ranks 157th in RSF’s 2018 World Press Freedom Index
Turkey, which has jailed more than 250 journalists and media workers, is ranked 157th among 180 countriesin the 2018 World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters...
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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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Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abuse of asset freezing mechanisms under the pretext of prevention of...
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