119,817 irregular migrants deported from Turkey in 2022
The number of irregular migrants deported from Turkey in 2022 increased by 159 percent compared to 2021, reaching 119,817, the highest figure in the...
Journalist assaulted in eastern Turkey faces trial for insulting attacker
Sinan Aygül, a local journalist based in the eastern province of Bitlis who in June was physically attacked after covering municipal corruption allegations, is...
Turkish university sparks outrage for quoting Hitler on official human rights website
The Manisa Celal Bayar University in western Turkey sparked outrage among human rights activists and social media users for quoting Adolf Hitler on its...
Former Kurdish deputy given 5 more years for terrorist propaganda
Leyla Güven, a Kurdish politician who was ousted from the Turkish Parliament in June 2020, has been handed down a prison sentence of five...
Retired general serving life sentence issued a ‘good health’ report 3 weeks before his...
Vural Avar, 85, a retired general who died in prison on Tuesday, was issued a medical report 22 days before his demise that said...
UN rapporteurs warn Turkey over allegations of continuous discrimination against the Kurdish community
United Nations special rapporteurs have expressed serious concerns regarding the alleged rights violation of two Kurdish families in Istanbul and Mersin province.
The family in...
Turkish authorities detain 8 people over alleged ties to the Gülen movement
Turkish authorities have detained 8 people in western Turkey’s İzmir province over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Tr724 news website reported.
The...
PEN Norway releases ‘indictment guide’ for Turkey’s prosecutors
PEN Norway, a branch of global press association PEN International, has released a guide for Turkey’s prosecutors to follow when drafting indictments for cases...
Turkish gov’t accused of turning prisons into enterprises, exploiting inmates’ labor
The Turkish government has been accused of turning its low security prisons, where more than 60,000 inmates are employed in revenue-generating jobs for very...
Turkey to deport 2 Syrian refugees for threatening, denigrating Turkish women
Two Syrian refugees in Turkey have been detained and will be deported after footage showing them using profanities and threatening Turkish women with rape...
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