Report: Suspicious abductions in Turkey raise fears of state role
A series of mysterious kidnappings in Turkey is bringing back the fear of forced disappearances by state agencies in the mid-1990s, Politico has reported.
According...
Turkish journalist Karaca sentenced to 31 years for slandering al-Qaeda-affiliated group
Turkish journalist Hidayet Karaca, former General Director of now-closed Samanyolu Broadcasting Group, has been sentenced by Turkish government to 31 years in prison on charges...
İstanbul Bar files complaint against Minister Soylu over his ‘break the legs’ order
The İstanbul Bar Association has filed an official complaint against Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu over his call for policemen to “break the legs”...
Turkish prosecutors find doctor who took own life after firing not a ByLock user...
Turkish prosecutors have found that a doctor who was removed from his job at a public hospital in İzmir in 2017 due to alleged...
COMMENTARY — The US State Department is still confused about Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The US State Department appears to have not fully grasped the gravity of the situation in Turkey in the face of a...
Report: Turkish police torture 3 Gülen-linked detainees at Ankara counterterrorism unit
Three people who were detained by police in May for alleged links to the Gülen movement have been subjected to heavy torture and maltreatment...
Preliminary autopsy of DBP official in Turkey’s Suruç shows 7 knife wounds to vital...
The cause of death of Esvet Şenyaşar, an official of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) who was murdered last week in a hospital...
Yet another mysterious abduction by a black van in Turkey’s capital
Hasan Kala, an academic who was fired from his job at Çankırı Karatekin University by a government decree under a state of emergency declared...
Turkish pro-gov’t columnist Dilipak appears to threaten US about new 9/11
“If the internal stress in the US goes on like this, the possibility of another 9/11 is not all that remote,” Turkish columnist Abdurrahman...
Turkish gov’t says operations targeting Gülen movement could extend to US
Turkey’s presidential spokesman İbrahim Kalın said during a press conference on Friday that the Turkish government would continue its global manhunt for followers 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.
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Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abuse of asset freezing mechanisms under the pretext of prevention of...
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