Turkish officials accused of inciting public against satirical magazine over alleged Prophet cartoon
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya and other senior officials are facing growing condemnation from legal and human rights groups for what critics describe as...
Turkish gov’t harshly reacts US’ decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israeli capital
Turkish government has hardly reacted against the decision of the US's formally recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The decision was announced by US...
Turkish gov’t detains 47 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish police have detained 47 people in an operation targeting alleged supporters of the Gülen movement in the army as part of the Turkish...
Opposition leader asks Turkish officer who threatened Uyghurs with deportation, ‘Are you the Chinese...
“Are you the Chinese police oppressing our Uyghur brothers?” Ali Babacan, leader of the opposition Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA), said in a social...
Turkish court rules to keep Zaman columnist Ali Ünal in jail
A high criminal court in the western Turkish province of Uşak has refused to release Ali Ünal, a theologian and former columnist for the...
Families call on ministry for conditional release of prisoners in provinces hit by earthquake
The families of prisoners held in the provinces of southeastern Turkey hit by a deadly February 6 earthquake have called on the Ministry of...
Gülen-linked educator paralyzed in prison amid medical neglect
Uğur Öztaş, an 88-year-old educator imprisoned over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, has become paralyzed in prison allegedly due to the neglect...
Turkish textile worker arrested after protesting economic hardship prior to Erdoğan speech
A Turkish textile worker was arrested and jailed on Saturday after throwing a phone at a stage where President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was waiting...
500 victims of Turkish gov’t’s post-coup witch hunt over Gülen links back to public...
A total of 500 dismissed civil servants who were investigated over alleged links to the Gülen movement were reinstated to their public sector jobs...
Turkey moves to detain 22, including active-duty and former military officers, over alleged Gulen...
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 22 individuals including active and former military officers, as part of ongoing investigations...
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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.
In recent years...