Turkey’s İYİ Party gives ‘Kim Jong-un press freedom award’ to public broadcaster TRT
In a move to protest the state-run Turkish Radio and Television (TRT), which has been criticized for acting as the mouthpiece of Turkey’s ruling...
İstanbul court gives 18 months jail term for journalist Çelikkan, 15 months for academic...
Journalist and author Murat Çelikkan, who joined ‘the Editor-in-Chief on Watch’ campaign in solidarity with the pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem daily, which was later shut...
8-year-old stripped of ‘Super Dad’ T-shirt by Turkish authorities during visit to jailed father
An 8-year-old boy was stripped of his T-shirt that bore the words ‘Super Dad’ during a visit to his father, under arrest for at...
Kavurmacı and Çapkın re-arrested; 11 lawyers, 20 teachers detained in Turkey over alleged ties...
Following an arrest warrant issued by an İstanbul court on Friday İstanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaş’s son-in-law Ömer Faruk Kavurmacı was re-arrested on Saturday and...
Top court to review rights defender, former MP Gergerlioğlu’s application on July 1
Turkey’s Constitutional Court will review an application submitted by rights defender and former MP from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu,...
US delegation to Turkey not eager to talk about pastor Brunson: report
A US congressional delegation that went to Turkey on Monday to persuade Ankara to abandon plans to purchase a Russian missile defense system in...
Detention warrants issued for 35 military members over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Mersin Chief Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 35 soldiers of various ranks as part of a witch-hunt targeting people claimed to...
AKP’s Austria head says rejection of executive presidency would lead to civil war
In a video shared online the representative of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Austria Mahmut Koç says if the transition to...
Zaman columnist Ahmet Turan Alkan returns home after 709 days in Turkish prison
Ahmet Turan Alkan, a columnist for the now-shuttered Zaman newspaper, arrived home after his release by an İstanbul court on Friday, the online news...
European Parliament strongly condemns human rights violations in Turkey
A large majority of the European Parliament (EP) has adopted a resolution on the human rights situation in Turkey, emphasizing the structural problems that...
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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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