Turkish intellectuals call for attention to academics on hunger strike
A group of intellectuals and artists have called on Turkish authorities to meet the demands of Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, two dismissed educators...
Imprisoned journalists claim to have been tortured in Turkey
Thirteen inmates including journalists Erdoğan Alayumat and Serkan Erdoğan from the Dicle news agency (Dihaber) and Özgürlükçü Demokrasi daily, respectively, both of which were...
Local court rejects Demirtaş’s appeal for release despite ECtHR ruling
The Ankara 19th High Criminal Court on Friday rejected a request for release filed by Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş which was based on a...
European Parliament decides to cut IPA funds for Turkey
Johannes Hahn, the European Union Commissioner for European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, said the EU will cut 40 percent of the European Instrument for Pre-Accession...
New research shows Turkey’s purge destroyed lives of 21,000 health care workers
More than 21,000 health care professionals including doctors, nurses, medical professors, technicians and hospital staff have thus far been dismissed from public and private...
AKP deputy says PACE rejected suggestion for exhibit on Turkey’s failed coup
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Adana deputy and head of the Turkish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
Father of Turkish soldier killed in Afrin turns out to be KHK victim
The father of Turkish soldier Abdullah Taha Koç, who was killed during an ongoing military operation in the Afrin region of Syria, has turned...
Turkish prosecutor seeks to proceed against pro-Kurdish HDP co-chair, deputies for alleged terrorist propaganda
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday requested permission to proceed in a criminal case against Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Pervin Buldan...
83-year-old arrestee shares same prison cell with grandchild
83-year-old Hacı İsa Sezek is being kept in the same prison cell with his 29-year-old grandchild as Turkey exploits ambiguous terror laws to imprison...
Two Turkish soldiers killed, one injured in military operations
Two Turkish soldiers were killed and one was wounded on Saturday during operations in Turkey and northwestern Syria, according to the Turkish military.
In a...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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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...