Report: PYD’s former leader Muslim detained in Prague
Salih Muslim, former co-chairperson of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) was detained in Czech capital Prague on Sunday, Turkey's state-run Anadolu news...
Turkish teacher, not assigned over his alleged links to Gülen movement, killed in workplace...
A Turkish teacher, who has not been assigned by the Turkish government led by autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over his alleged membership to...
Family says they don’t know whereabout of jailed visually impaired Turkish journalist Arat
The family member of the visually impaired Turkish journalist Cüneyt Arat, who has been under arrest over his alleged ties to the Gülen movement...
Kurdish party in Turkey refuses to drop ‘Kurdistan’ from name
Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), a small faction with no parliamentary representation in Turkey, on Saturday once again refused a warning by Turkish judicial authorities...
Turkey’s Erdoğan promises to honour a little girl with the flag, if martyred
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Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has promised on Saturday to honour a young girl with the Turkish flag if martyred, during a speech...
Erdoğan says global anti-Turkey propaganda will not succeed, slams US
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has claimed on Saturday that a global anti-Turkey propaganda based on lies would not be successful.
"Launching a worldwide war...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan’s personal troubles complicate Turkey-US ties
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The number one concern for Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan while meeting with visiting Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Feb....
Visually impaired Büyüközkan says in a letter that he cannot live in prison without...
Mehmet Büyüközkan, a visually impaired Turkish citizen, who was jailed on December 1, 2017 over his alleged links to the Gülen movement, has written a...
Court adjourns trial of Turkish journalists facing terror charges
An İstanbul court on Friday adjourned the trial of 28 journalists charged with membership in a terrorist organization to March 7-8 as the journalists...
Turkish court gives suspended jail sentences to 3 academics over Kurdish peace petition
A Turkish court sentenced three academics on Friday to suspended prison terms on terrorism charges for signing a 2016 petition calling for an end...
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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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