Çiçek Otlu, chairperson of socialist party ESP, arrested by Turkish court
Çiçek Otlu, the Chairperson of Socialist Party of Oppressed (ESP) in Turkey was arrested by a Tunceli (Dersim) court on Tuesday. Otlu, who has...
Turkey’s Erdoğan: CHP’s Kılıçdaroğlu may never be able to go out on the street...
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu with not being able to go out into...
International Crisis Group: Hostility against Syrian refugees rising in Turkey
The International Crisis Group (ICG) said in a report released on Tuesday that violence in Turkish cities between host communities and Syrian refugees increased...
Racist attacks on pro-Kurdish HDP’s election campaign go on in Turkey
Racist attacks on pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) ahead of the parliamentary and presidential elections on June 24 in Turkey have continued on Sunday. On...
Turkish gov’t jails teacher Semra Çakır and her 2-year-old daughter to blackmail husband
The latest victim of the Turkish government's tactic of guilt by association with the purpose of blackmail is Semra Çakır, a 41-year-old teacher, and...
Turkey’s Erdoğan: Are we ready for new July 15?
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Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a speech on Saturday promised to respond western powers in similar ways when they pressure Turkey and...
Turkish state news agency shows S-400 capacity to down US, NATO planes
Amid tension between Turkey and NATO over a Turkish decision to buy a Russian S-400 missile system, Turkey’s state-run news agency Anadolu on Wednesday...
Survey shows Turkish people against underage marriage in contrary to Diyanet’s stance
Almost all Turks are against underage marriage, according to a recent survey’s results, which have been revealed amid a hot debate over the Turkish...
COMMENTARY — The air force on NATO’s southern flank gutted
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has gutted the NATO alliance’s second largest army, depleting what used to be a...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan has ruined the lives of 1 million people in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The criminal investigations, prosecutions and trials in politically motivated cases on trumped-up terrorism and coup plotting charges have ruined the lives of...
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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...