Turkey violates Afghans’ right to apply for int’l protection through deportations or pushbacks at...
Turkey is deporting tens of thousands of Afghans directly to Afghanistan or pushing them back at its land border with Iran without checking to...
Turkish asylum seeker lost in Evros River after push back to Turkey
Ümit Şakır (27), a Turkish political asylum seeker, arrived in Greece on September 3 by crossing the Evros River and is now missing after...
Lawyer indicted for ‘targeting public officials’ in social media post
Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment against lawyer Burak Saldıroğlu over a social media post in which he criticized İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor Akın...
Detention warrants issued for 50 women over alleged ties to PKK
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 50 women on charges of membership in a terrorist organization as part of an investigation based on...
Turkish commentators avoid saying Enes Kanter’s name during Eastern Conference finals for fear of...
In the latest example of self-censorship in Turkey, commentators on Turkish TV channel S Sports, the official broadcaster of the NBA games in the...
‘Defect or be jailed’: opposition mayors face new threat in Turkey
Turkish opposition leaders say the government has found a new way to silence dissent: pressuring its mayors and local officials to defect to the...
Former HDP executives indicted for referring to WWI killings of Armenians as ‘genocide’
Eleven former executives from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) have been indicted on charges of insulting the Turkish nation for referring to the...
HRW on Kurdish villagers thrown from helicopter: Authorities may already be engaged in a...
In a statement on the case of two Kurdish villagers allegedly thrown from a military helicopter in Turkey’s eastern province of Van, Human Rights...
Turkey appeals European rights court ruling ordering Demirtaş’s release
Turkey has appealed a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruling that called for the immediate release of jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, requesting...
Turkey moves to strip pro-Kurdish party of funding
Turkey’s chief prosecutor has asked judges to strip the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) of government funding over its alleged links to outlawed militants,...
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During the year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged links with the faith-based Gülen movement, which he described...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2024.
Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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Sippenhaft, also known as...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2023.
The May 2023 re-election of...