Jailed Turkish journalist’s daughter Sanem Altan says justice determined in the presidential palace
Sanem Altan, the daughter of Turkish journalist Ahmet Altan who has been sentenced to life in prison for allegedly "violating the constitution," said in...
CHP vice chair: More than 100,000 children reported missing in Turkey in 8 years
As media coverage of missing children in Turkey has recently increased, Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) Vice Chairperson Gamze Akkuş İlgezdi announced data compiled by...
Turkey detains journalist Özbek for allegedly insulting Erdoğan
Gökhan Özbek, a freelance journalist and an outspoken critic of Turkey’s post-coup human rights abuses, was detained on Thursday for allegedly insulting Turkey's autocratic...
53-year-old Turkish teacher affiliated with Gülen movement dies in Trabzon Prison
Recep Abdioğlu, a 53-year-old teacher, died in a Turkish prison in Trabzon province after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage on Thursday night.
Abdioğlo was jailed in...
Turkish President Erdoğan’s job approval rating below 50 percent, poll reveals
A new public opinion poll conducted by the MetroPOLL research company has revealed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s job approval rating is 49,8...
UN rights chief criticizes Turkish gov’t for withdrawing from Istanbul Convention, detaining politicians and...
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet in a press statement released today by her spokesperson Liz Throssell criticized the Turkish government...
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...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan promotes violence and radicalism in the Turkish diaspora
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The violent aspect of the worrisome radicalization of the Turkish diaspora with a heavy dose of nationalist and Islamist ideology has been...
Turkish police again detain dismissed academic Nuriye Gülmen
Turkish police on Friday again detained Nuriye Gülmen, a prominent academic who went on a hunger strike after being fired from her job by a...
PEN Int’l calls on Turkey to lift travel restrictions imposed on writer Aslı Erdoğan
PEN International said on Monday it is concerned about travel restrictions imposed by Turkish authorities on award-winning author and honorary PEN member Aslı Erdoğan...
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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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