My imprisonment is an act of political vengeance: Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu
“My imprisonment is the result of authorities taking revenge for my standing up against human rights violations in Turkey,” said Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a...
Nationalist opposition suggests Turkish gov’t seize Trump Towers in retaliation for US sanctions
Turkey's nationalist opposition İYİ Party spokesperson Aytun Çıray has said the Turkish government should retaliate against recently imposed US sanctions on two Turkish ministers and “seize...
Turkey jails disabled teacher after dismissing him and his wife from profession
A Denizli-based teacher, Raşit Uzantı, has been arrested days after he was dismissed from his profession along with her wife who used to work...
Turkish gov’t detains US witness Reza Zarrab’s three employees in İstanbul
Three employees of Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab were detained as part of the Turkish government’s latest response to the businessman’s guilty plea in...
PACE co-rapporteurs call on Turkish gov’t to end harassment of NGO activists
Marianne Mikko (Estonia, SOC) and Nigel Evans (United Kingdom, EC), Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteurs for the monitoring of Turkey,...
Armenians leaving church in İstanbul stoned, threatened with death
Armenians who were leaving Narlı Kapı Church in İstanbul on Sunday were stoned by a group of children who chanted “death to you,” the...
Abusive mass arrests of Turkish lawyers damage rule of law: Human Rights Watch
The abusive mass arrest of Turkish lawyers damages the rule of law and blatantly seeks to identify lawyers with the alleged crimes of their...
Anti-Gülenist witch-hunt reaches new levels, with dozens arrested for ‘spreading COVID-19 across Turkey’
The recent arrest of Gülen movement members by police for “spreading COVID-19 across Turkey” reveals how the anti-Gülenist witch-hunt has reached new levels in...
59 years-old author dies after allegedly falling from balcony as police raid home to...
Mustafa Hikmet Kayapalı, 59-year-old theologian and author targeted by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government under the rule of Turkey's autocratic President Recep...
More than 3,000 Turkish nationals apply for asylum in Germany this year
More than 3,000 Turkish nationals have applied for asylum in Germany between January and August of 2018, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported on Wednesday.
According...
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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...