Turkey arrests journalist for reporting on alleged judicial corruption
A Turkish court has ruled to arrest Furkan Karabay, an editor for the Gerçek Gündem news website who was detained on Thursday for reporting...
Turkish journalist detained again for covering alleged judicial corruption
Furkan Karabay, an editor for the Gerçek Gündem news website, has been detained by the İstanbul police on accusations of “targeting officials fighting against...
Turkey suspends 445 police officers for suspected Gülen links
Turkey’s Interior Ministry has suspended 445 police officers working for the Security Directorate General (EGM) due to suspected links to the faith-based Gülen movement.
The...
Turkish courts begin ordering compensation for reinstated purge victims following top court order
Courts in Turkey have begun to order the state to pay damages to purge victims who were reinstated to their positions after they were...
İstanbul court judges face criminal complaint for non-compliance with top court decision
A criminal complaint has been filed against judges of the İstanbul 13th High Criminal Court for their refusal to comply with a decision of...
Turkey’s ex-VP says journalist who accused him of accepting $50 mln in bribes is...
Fuat Oktay, Turkey’s former vice president and current ruling party MP, on Wednesday denied allegations that he received $50 million in bribes from a...
Turkey abducts two alleged Gülen followers from Algeria
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has renditioned two men from Algeria as part of its international abduction campaign against alleged members of the faith-based...
Turkey’s main opposition party abstains from voting to repeal decree-laws despite election promise
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has abstained from voting in support of a bill to repeal post-coup decree-laws despite having promised to...
Teacher jailed on Gülen links dies of heart failure after medical release
Mehmet Burhan, a teacher who is serving a sentence on conviction of links to the faith-based Gülen movement, died of heart failure two months...
Rights advocate submits parliamentary bill to repeal Turkey’s post-coup decree-laws
Opposition deputy and leading human rights defender Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has brought to the parliamentary agenda a bill to repeal the executive decree-laws issued...
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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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