Turkish journalist Şen gets years of prison sentence over being relative of major coup...
Journalist Erdal Şen together with Ali Sami Yıldırım, the two relatives of Turkey’s alleged major coup suspect Adil Öksüz, have been handed down a jail sentence of...
Turkish gov’t detains 2 more nephews of US-based scholar Fethullah Gülen
A total of 16 suspects including two nephews of US-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen were detained on Friday as part of an investigation into...
Turkish anti-terror police raids music band Grup Yorum’s studio in İstanbul
İstanbul's anti-terror police teams have raided İdil Cultural Center where music group "Grup Yorum" carries out its musical works and detained nine people. Properties...
No demotion for Turkish prosecutor under investigation for misconduct
Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has failed to demote a prosecutor who is under investigation for his alleged links to a criminal...
Turkish Gov’t detained 699 people over alleged links to Gülen movement in a week
At least 699 people were detained as part of Turkish government’s massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement over...
Turkish gov’t denies Kurdish football team pitch for ceremony
The Turkish Sports Ministry has prevented Amedspor, a Turkish-Kurdish football club known for its importance to the Kurdish political movement, from using a pitch...
Greece frees all Turkish soldiers seeking asylum after coup attempt, lawyer says
Omiros Zelios, a lawyer representing eight former Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece seeking asylum on the night of a 2016 coup attempt in...
UN urges Turkey to grant access to 3 Gülen followers detained in Malaysia
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The United Nations Human Rights Committee has urged Turkey to confirm the whereabouts of three Turkish nationals who were detained in Malaysia at Ankara’s...
Turkey’s ruling AKP, its ally MHP reject proposals of probe into Suruç killings, Çorlu...
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), have rejected proposals from opposition parties for a parliamentary...
594 young children growing up in Turkish prisons
Five hundred ninety-four children under the age of 6 are being kept with their mothers in Turkish prisons, Turkey’s Ministry of Justice said, the...
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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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