European Parliament approves report asking for suspension of talks with Turkey
In a move that was expected, the European Parliament on Wednesday approved a report asking for the suspension of EU accession talks with Turkey,...
Leukemia patient arrested on trumped-up terrorism charges develops additional health problems in prison
Yasin Akaslan, 41, a bookstore manager who was arrested in March 2020 for alleged affiliation with the Gülen movement and sent to central Turkey's...
Mother of 2 hasn’t seen children in 7 months due to distance between prison...
Zeynep Köyden, a jailed mother of two, said in a letter to Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu that she has not...
Kurdish woman fired from job at Bolu City Hall for sharing photograph of imprisoned...
A Kurdish woman said in a letter to Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu that she had been fired from her job...
Migration experts say majority of Syrians do not want to go home in response...
Following Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's announcement last week that his government is working on a new project to ensure the “voluntary” return home...
Georgia trying to shut down private university at the request of Turkish gov’t
Georgian authorities have reportedly tried to close the private International Black Sea University (IBSU), which was founded in 1995 in Georgia's capital of Tbilisi,...
Turkish government fears criticism more than pandemic: Amnesty International
Amnesty International said, in a report released Thursday, the fact that prisoners of conscience have been left to languish in appalling conditions despite a...
Mayor faces probe for employing post-coup victim at municipal company
An opposition party mayor in western Turkey is facing an investigation for employing a former judge who was fired in the aftermath of a...
Woman urges authorities to release her mother, detained for alleged links to the Gülen...
The daughter of a woman who on Thursday was detained for alleged links to the Gülen movement said on Twitter her mother was in...
Women’s rights activists slam government proposal to combat gender-based violence as ‘inadequate’
Women's rights activists have criticized a government proposal to combat gender-based violence, saying it was inadequate to protect women and lenient on perpetrators of...
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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.
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