Suicides in Turkey rise nearly 100 percent under AKP rule: report
The number of suicides in Turkey has climbed 94 percent since the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002, with...
Turkish parliament fines opposition deputy for speech on strip-searches in prisons
Human rights defender and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu was fined by the Turkish parliament for a speech on strip-search cases...
Pro-Kurdish party urges Turkish gov’t to free former leaders Demirtaş, Yüksekdağ after CoE ruling
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has called on the government to immediately release prominent Kurdish politicians Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen...
Inmates in a prison in central Turkey on 78th day of hunger strike: report
An undisclosed number of inmates in a prison in the central Turkish province of Konya have been on a hunger strike for 78 days...
Turkish far-right leader calls for recognition of Alevi cemevis as houses of worship
The leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) on Tuesday called for the removal of barriers preventing the recognition of cemevis, Alevi houses...
Wife of inmate suffering from cancer calls for her husband’s release
Havva Geçmek, the wife of inmate Hüseyin Geçmek, who is suffering from pancreatic cancer, has called on Turkish authorities for her husband’s release to...
Turkish authorities detain 286 more people over alleged Gülen links: minister
Turkish authorities have detained 286 people and arrested 154 of them in an ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya...
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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Guinean doctor in Turkey faces deportation over undisclosed security claims
A Guinean physician who has lived in Turkey for 14 years and is married to a Turkish citizen is facing deportation under a national...
Turkey’s top court rejects delay to HDP closure ruling
Turkey’s top court has rejected a pro-Kurdish opposition party’s request to defer until after May elections a trial that could end in the party’s...
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