Turkish prison blocks delivery of Islamic scholar Nursi’s writings sent for inmates
Turkey’s Silivri Prison, known for housing prisoners jailed over Gülen links, has rejected a shipment of the writings of the late Islamic scholar Said...
Financial hardship overshadows support for renewed peace process in Turkey’s Kurdish heartland
A new survey has found that financial hardship has become the top concern for residents in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish eastern and southeastern provinces, far...
Turkey removes 5 more mayors from office amid widening crackdown on opposition
Turkey’s interior ministry announced on Thursday that five district mayors from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) have been removed from office, following...
Turkish prosecutors investigate main opposition party leader
Turkish prosecutors on Wednesday launched an investigation into the leader of the country’s main opposition party for allegedly insulting a senior ally of the...
Women visitors strip-searched, headscarves removed at Turkish prison: report
The Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD) has accused prison authorities in southeastern Turkey of systematically subjecting visitors to the facility, particularly women and...
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals overturns prison sentence in child abuse case due to...
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned a 28-year prison sentence for a man convicted of sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy in the religious...
21 women killed by men, 20 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in...
Twenty-one women were murdered by men in Turkey in May and another 20 died under suspicious circumstances, the We Will Stop Femicide Platform reported.
Of the...
Human Rights Watch urges Turkey to halt deportation of Turkmen activist
Human Rights Watch has called on Turkish authorities to immediately release Turkmen activist Umidajan Bekchanova, who is currently detained in İstanbul and faces deportation...
Kurdish elective course enrollment hits record high in Turkey as barriers remain
Nearly 60,000 students in Turkey have enrolled in Kurdish elective courses in middle schools this year, a record high that reflects growing interest in...
Turkey’s religious authority granted power to censor, destroy ‘improper’ Quran translations
Turkey’s top religious authority, the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), has been granted sweeping new powers to oversee religious content and censor Quran translations...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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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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