Turkey issued detention warrants for 92 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish authorities have over the past week ordered the detention of 92 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group...
Turkish woman claims money she donated to İnce’s presidential campaign went to Erdoğan
A Turkish woman who deposited money in a state-owned bank as a contribution to the presidential campaign of main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)...
Kavala says Turkish top court decision a product of mentality that disregards law, human...
Prominent businessman and civil society leader Osman Kavala has described a top court’s decision to uphold his and four others’ conviction in the Gezi...
Turkey’s justice ministry refuses to disclose information on Sivas massacre
The Ministry of Justice has refused to disclose the number of people serving prison sentences due to the Sivas massacre in July 1993 on...
Int’l tribunal rebukes Turkey’s Erdoğan for war crimes against his own people
One month before a presidential election in Turkey, an international tribunal has issued a stinging condemnation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, charging him...
Amnesty says court ruling for release of jailed MP ‘long overdue’
Prominent human rights organization Amnesty International has welcomed a decision from Turkey’s Constitutional Court concerning the violation of rights of a jailed lawmaker but...
Last defence of jailed journalist Ünal: Remember me as the man advocating a Quran...
Mustafa Ünal (50), a jailed veteran journalist and former Ankara bureau chief for the now-shuttered Zaman daily, stated in his last defence before the court,...
Trial of gendarme accused of arson and killing a Kurdish family dropped due to...
A court in central Turkey has ruled to conclude the trial in absentia of a gendarme charged with the mass murder a Kurdish family...
37 women reported as victims of fatal domestic violence in Turkey in May
A report released by the Stop the Murder of Women Platform shows that 37 women in Turkey were victims of fatal domestic violence in...
Top court rejects application alleging negligence by public officials in 2015 Ankara bombings
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected an individual application claiming negligence by public officials in the 2015 Ankara train station bombings, the biggest terrorist attack...
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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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