Former TRT announcer detained as tries to flee from Turkey
Former TRT announcer Hamza Günerigök has been detained as he was trying to flee from Turkey to Greece in illegal ways. The government has...
HDP deputy İdris Baluken released
HDP deputy İdris Baluken, who was arrested on Nov. 4, 2016 in the framework of an investigation opened by a prosecutor in Bingöl province,...
Turkey seized 809 companies with worth $10 billion
Turkish government has effectively nationalized 809 companies by taking over their management or turning them over to the Treasury as of January 2017 as...
Police briefly detain businessman over declaring his ‘no’ vote in referandum
Police briefly detained a shopkeeper in Bursa on Sunday after an ‘informant citizen’ reported that he asked people to vote ‘no’ in a referandum...
Pro-Kurdish district mayor in Ağrı arrested on terror charges
A pro-Kurdish district mayor in the eastern province of Ağrı has been arrested as part of a terrorism probe.
Pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) mayor...
Detention warrants issued for 15 at Air Forces Command over Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 10 officers and five civilians at the Air Forces Command over their alleged links to the faith-based...
625 detained, 42 arrested in anti-Gülen operations in one week
A total of 625 people were detained, with 42 of them put under arrest, in operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement over the past...
Police wait outside hospital to detain woman following delivery
A group of police officers awaited outside of the Antalya’s Alanya Başkent Hospital in order to detain a woman who gave birth several hours...
301 lawyers in jail, over 100 lawyers wanted in Turkey
According to data compiled by ‘Arrested Lawyers Initiative’, 301 lawyers are currently in jail and arrest warrants have been issued by courts about more...
6.986 scholars purged from Turkish universities in wake of July 15 coup attempt
The data has been collected by tukeypurge.com and web portal Freedom for Turkish Academics so far, shows 6.986 scholars have been purged from Turkish...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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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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