Letter sent by jailed lawyer completely censored by Turkish prison authorities
Every sentence of a letter written by Şukriye Erden, a lawyer in pretrial detention at Karabük T-Type Prison, was censored by prison authorities, tweeted...
Turkey’s OHAL Commission decides to reinstate 310 out of 12,000 applicants dismissed by gov’t...
The State of Emergency Procedures Investigation Commission (OHAL Commission) has examined the cases of 12,000 applicants who were dismissed by government decrees under a...
Turkish gov’t detains 23 people over their alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained 23 people on Saturday in 16 provinces across Turkey in an Aydın-based probe as part of its massive post-coup witch...
Turkish court rules for continuation of imprisonment of pro-Kurdish HDP’s Demirtaş
The Ankara 19th High Criminal Court ruled on Friday for a continuation of the imprisonment of Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish...
Turkish court sentences 21 suspects to life in Feb. 28 post-modern coup case
An Ankara court on Friday sentenced 21 suspects, including a former chief of general staff and his deputy, to life in prison for their...
US mission to OSCE calls on Turkish gov’t to end state of emergency
The US mission to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has called on Turkish government to bring an end to an...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 140 military personnel, civilians over alleged links to...
The İstanbul and Konya Chief Public Prosecutor’s Offices on Friday issued detention warrants for 140 military members and civilians affiliated with the military as...
AKP deputy Külünk hints Turkish President Erdoğan has no university diploma
Amid never-ending debates as to whether Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has a university degree, Justice and Development Party (AKP) İstanbul deputy and Erdoğan's...
DİTİB parade with Turkish children in uniform with fake guns at mosque in Germany...
A mosque in Herford, Germany, that is under the control of the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) in response to public outrage has removed most...
Turkish gov’t plans to place quarter of top students in Islamist schools
Nearly a quarter of top-performing students entering Turkish high schools are expected to be placed in religious imam-hatip schools, Turkish Education Minister İsmet Yılmaz...
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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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