Syrian refugees returning home as part of Turkey’s ‘voluntary’ program compelled to leave due...
Syrian refugees going home as part of Turkey’s “voluntary return program” said their return was far from voluntary and the result of increasing anti-migrant...
Turkey raids ship carrying 276 migrants: report
Turkish authorities on Tuesday foiled an attempt to smuggle 276 migrants to Europe on board a ship and detained eight suspected smugglers, The Associated...
Rights groups urge Turkish authorities to uphold child protections amid calls for harsher juvenile...
Human rights organizations in Turkey have issued a statement urging the protection of children's rights and compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child...
Kurdish journalist from Turkey killed in attack in northern Iraq
A Kurdish journalist, academic and women’s rights activist from Turkey was killed in an attack in front of her house in Sulaymaniyah, a city...
Prosecutor says police chief accused of torture embezzled detainees’ money and valuables
According to a court document dated July 1, 2020, a public prosecutor in the western city of Afyonkarahisar said the former head of the...
Turkey’s top court finds discrimination in denial of retirement payment to dismissed civil servant
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a former public servant was subjected to unlawful discrimination when he was denied a retirement payment following his...
Top court finds rights violation in investigation into alleged enforced disappearance
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has found a rights violation due to the lack of an effective investigation into the alleged enforced disappearance of a person...
US State Department: Osman Kavala should be released
The US State Department in a press statement on Monday called for the release of Turkish philanthropist and civil society leader Osman Kavala, who...
Court blocks access to Instagram account of LGBTQ+ advocacy group Kaos GL
The Instagram account of LGBTQ+ advocacy group Kaos Gay and the Lesbian Cultural Research and Solidarity Foundation (Kaos GL) has been blocked from access,...
Int’l body must inspect Turkey’s alleged use of chemical weapons against PKK: jailed Kurdish...
Allegations that the Turkish military used chemical weapons against militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) during its operations in northern Iraq must...
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