New ‘research center’ a dead end for purged diplomats reinstated by the courts
Career diplomats who were purged from the Foreign Ministry by the Turkish government and subsequently reinstated by the courts will be employed in a...
Turkey arrests 24 over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish authorities have arrested 24 suspects and placed 26 others under judicial supervision over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, Turkish media reported.
Investigators...
Turkish filmmakers express solidarity with ‘Iranian sisters’ demanding freedom
Female filmmakers in Turkey have released a video in which they express solidarity with Iranian women rising up to demand freedom as they protest...
Turkish court sentences journalist Deniz Yücel to almost 3 years prison
A Turkish court on Thursday convicted a correspondent for Germany’s Die Welt newspaper of engaging in propaganda in favor of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’...
Turkish Alzheimer’s patient jailed over Gülen ties hospitalized after health deteriorates
İbrahim Güngör, a 73-year-old Alzheimer’s patient whose deteriorating health raised concerns about his continued imprisonment, was hospitalized on July 25 after contracting an infection,...
Kurdish MP injured in police intervention in protest in SE Turkey
A lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) was injured as a result of police intervention in a demonstration held in the southeastern...
Convicted perpetrator of ‘Bahçelievler massacre’ appears on national TV, defends his crimes
Haluk Kırcı, the convicted murderer of seven university students in what is known as the “Bahçelievler massacre,” defended his crimes in an interview aired...
US religious freedom body spotlights worsening treatment of faith groups in Turkey
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) convened a virtual hearing on Thursday to examine what witnesses described as severe and systemic violations of religious...
Turkish homemaker jailed over ordinary activities linked to Gülen movement
A Turkish homemaker has been jailed in central Turkey to serve more than seven years over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement based...
Turkish court to consider request to remove judge from media activists’ trial
A Turkish court agreed on Wednesday to study a request from the defense to remove a judge from the trial of three activists facing...
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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...