Greece condemns Islamic religious ceremony in İstanbul’s Hagia Sophia
Greece on Thursday criticized an Islamic religious ceremony held at Hagia Sophia in İstanbul on Wednesday night that was broadcast on television and attended...
TL 1 million of Naksan Holding, run by Turkish gov’t appointed trustee, stolen
Approximately 1 million Turkish Lira (TL 130,000 and $230,000) of Gaziantep-based Naksan Holding, which was seized by Turkish government under the rule of emergency...
The case of journalist Parıldak: Guilty until proven innocent
A 26-year-old journalist, Ayşenur Parıldak, who was arrested on August 11, 2016, has finally appeared in the court for the first hearing last Thursday....
Mayor of Turkey’s capital city prays Harvey and Irma hurricanes continue in US
Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Melih Gökçek shared from his Twitter account on Tuesday the level of economic damage caused by Harvey and Irma hurricanes...
Court gives suspended sentence to poet Odabaşı for insulting Erdoğan
Poet and author Yılmaz Odabaşı on Wednesday received a suspended jail sentence of one year, eight months for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 36 military members over alleged links to Gülen...
The Turkish government issued detention warrants on Monday for 36 military personnel as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the...
Veteran Turkish journalist Şahin Alpay released pending trial after 20 months of detention
Şahin Alpay, a veteran journalist and columnist of the now-closed Zaman and Today’s Zaman dailies, was released pending trial on Friday after Turkey’s Constitutional...
Turkey’s ruling AKP votes down probe on Paradise Papers at Parliament
Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) voted down a parliamentary motion to investigate revelations in recent leaks of offshore financial dealings by high level...
Four co-workers of Turkey’s Halkbank to testify online in Atilla case
US federal judge Richard M. Berman has granted a request from Turkey’s Halkbank Deputy General Manager Mehmet Hakan Atilla, who was arrested in New...
Remains of PKK militant mailed to family in a box
A new bill of Turkey’s Islamist and ultra nationalist government, which will pave the way for dismissals from universities with the accusation of ‘terrorist...
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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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