Turkey arrests 10 people due to ‘provocative’ posts about earthquake
Turkish courts have ruled for the arrest of 10 social media users due to their “provocative” posts on social media about a powerful earthquake...
Twitter back online in Turkey after restrictions: report
Twitter was blocked for at least 12 hours on major Turkish mobile providers in an outage that ended early Thursday, following a flurry of...
Turkish gov’t restricts Twitter following deadly earthquake in Turkey, Syria
The Turkish government restricted Twitter on multiple internet providers following a deadly earthquake that killed thousands in Turkey and Syria, global internet monitor NetBlocks...
Turkey introduces app to combat online ‘disinformation’ in wake of major earthquake
The Turkish government has introduced a smartphone application allowing users to report people who are believed to have produced or disseminated fake news or...
RSF calls on Turkish authorities to drop charges against its Turkey representative
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has said that Turkey’s justice system must “stop persecuting” Erol Önderoğlu, the Turkey representative of the prominent press organization who...
ECtHR faults Turkey for arresting journalist after 2016 coup
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated Articles 5 (1), (3), (4), (5) and 10 of the European Convention...
Press Freedom in Turkey: 2022 in Review
The Turkish government renewed its assault on press freedom in 2022 ahead of the 2023 presidential election, including imprisoning journalists, using the regulatory authorities...
Turkish intelligence ordered assassination of exiled journalists Bozkurt and Güven, journalist claims
Independent journalist Erkam Tufan Aytav claimed on his YouTube program on Wednesday that a German woman of Turkish origin was ordered by Turkey’s National...
Journalist deported from Greece to Turkey to serve sentence for PKK conviction
Journalist Murat Verim, who was deported after his asylum application was rejected in Greece, was arrested and sent to prison in western Turkish province...
VOA reporter called ‘provocateur’ for asking MHP chair about murder of former Grey Wolves...
Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has described a reporter from Voice of America’s Turkish edition who asked the party’s leader about the recent...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
This report focuses on the inflammatory rhetoric and illegal acts motivated by prejudice faced by refugees who fled the civil war in Syria to...
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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