Turkish authorities take action against artists supporting student-led boycott
Turkish authorities have started taking action against celebrities who supported a boycott of purchases on Wednesday to protest the arrest of İstanbul’s opposition mayor,...
European rights court rules Turkey violated church group’s freedoms
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the right to freedom of association by refusing to recognizing a religious...
Houses built for Turkey’s earthquake victims is a fraction of what Erdoğan promised
In the year and a half since two powerful earthquakes hit Turkey, authorities have built and handed over to their owners 76,000 new residences,...
Families of occupational accident victims wait years for compensation
The families of workers who died in occupational accidents have complained of waiting for years to be compensated for their loss, the Birgün daily...
Jailed veteran Turkish journalist Şirin Kabakçı: My only crime is doing journalism
Jailed Turkish journalist Şirin Kabakçı, who used to be Konya bureau chief of the Zaman newspaper, Turkey’s most highly circulated newspaper before the Turkish...
Owner of cafe offering service only in Kurdish detained in SE Turkey
A cafe owner in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır was detained following a police raid on his café after he was targeted on...
24 women killed by men, 32 died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in March
Twenty-four women were murdered by men in Turkey in March, and 32 more died under suspicious circumstances, the Bianet news website reported.
At least 14...
Judges and prosecutors refuse to process complaints about threats against rights activists, opposition deputy...
An opposition lawmaker has filed criminal complaints against 21 prosecutors and three judges who refused to process criminal complaints regarding insults and threats made...
Number of Turkish citizens seeking asylum in Netherlands has skyrocketed in 2021
The number of Turkish citizens who have sought asylum in the Netherlands this year has skyrocketed, according to statistics released by the country’s Immigration...
Turkey adds exiled journalist Dündar to ‘Terrorist Wanted List’
Can Dündar, a Turkish journalist living in exile, has been added to the Turkish Interior Ministry’s “Terrorist Wanted List,” Turkish Minute reported on Friday.
Dündar...
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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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