Journalist Güven arrested by an İstanbul court over alleged terror propaganda
Cumhuriyet’s website editor Oğuz Güven, who was detained on May 12 for a report that appeared on the daily’s website about the recent traffic...
PURGE IN LAST 15 DAYS: 1257 detained, 264 jailed in Turkey over coup charges
A massive post-coup witch hunt campaign conducted by political Islamist AKP government to cleanse of Turkey’s state and other institutions has been continuing as...
Turkish jurists call for immediate release of journalist Güven
Jurists have expressed reactions to the “unlawful detention” of Cumhuriyet’s website editor Oğuz Güven for a report that appeared on the daily’s website about...
EU calls on Turkey to respect highest democratic standards, practices
The European Union on Friday reacted to the detention of Oğuz Güven, the Internet editor of the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper, calling on Turkey to...
Pro-Erdoğan troll calls on Turkey’s government to execute Gülen followers
Amid assassination concerns following the suspicious deaths of two people who allegedly fell from the balcony of their homes, a pro-Erdoğan Twitter troll named...
Berlin says not informed of German reporter’s detention in Turkey
German officials said on Friday that Turkish authorities had failed to inform Berlin about the detention of Etkin News Agency (ETHA) reporter Meşale Tolu,...
Cumhuriyet’s online editor Güven, two more journalists detained in Turkey
Turkish police has detained the chief online editor of daily Cumhuriyet in İstanbul on Friday and journalists Serhat Yaruk and Çağlar Özbilgin on Thursday...
Turkey to deport French journalist Depardon
French photojournalist Mathias Depardon, who was detained on Monday after photographing the local scenery in Turkey’s southeastern Batman province, is to be deported, DHA...
Woman journalist in Turkey traumatized by abuse and torture at police station
A veteran woman Turkish journalist who remained in nine month long pre-trial detention has been subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment at the police...
59 years-old author dies after allegedly falling from balcony as police raid home to...
Mustafa Hikmet Kayapalı, 59-year-old theologian and author targeted by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government under the rule of Turkey's autocratic President Recep...
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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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