Exiled Turkish lawyers blast Turkish Bar Association for its silence
An advocacy group set up by exiled Turkish lawyers has decried the silence of Turkish Bar Association (TBB) in the face of massive crackdown...
Amnesty projects names of jailed journalists on Turkish Embassy building in the Hague
Amnesty International on Tuesday night projected the names of imprisoned Turkish journalists onto the facade of the Turkish Embassy in The Hague.
The protest came...
Re-arrest of 21 journalists casts further shadow over independence of Turkish judiciary
The independence and impartiality of the Turkish judiciary has begun to be questioned once again after an İstanbul court decided to release 21 journalists...
Turkey’s main opposition CHP deputy asks minister to resign over ‘Gülen propaganda’ in textbooks
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Mehmet Tüm has called on Turkish Minister of Education İsmet Yılmaz to resign, claiming that the...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens of people on Friday over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government’s massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged members of the Gülen movement has continued on Friday with dozens of new detentions...
Turkish journalist Dündar: Interpol should not become Erdoğan’s police force
Exiled Turkish journalist Can Dündar, who has been wanted by the Turkish regime under the rule of autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said that...
Turkish Parliament to discuss immunity of 29 more opposition deputies
Dossiers for 29 more opposition deputies from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the Republican People’s Party (CHP) have been submitted to a...
Turkish gov’t: Be cautious against probable terrorist attacks by ISIL militants who acquitted by...
Turkish Justice Ministry has reportedly sent a "confidential" notice to the state institutions regarding possible attacks of the militants of the terror organisation Islamic State...
A 57-year-old prisoner with toothache passes away at Turkey’s Mersin prison
The death of a sick prisoner, Yılmaz Duruk (57), who was hospitalised following he was diagnosed with infection, on November 17, 2017 that is seven...
US official says investigation into Turkey’s Halkbank still underway
An unnamed US official who met with a group of Turkish journalists said that an investigation into Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank conducted by the Office...
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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...