Teacher Sökmen sent to jail in Turkey after forced return from Myanmar
Muhammet Furkan Sökmen, a Turkish teacher who was forcibly and illegaly returned to Turkey from Maynmar despite his cries for help on social media,...
Yet another woman detained in Turkey due to Gülen links shortly after delivery
Teacher Esra Demir was detained on Monday, a day after giving birth in Batman, as part of a witch-hunt targeting the Gülen movement, news...
Turkey to revoke citizenship of 130 abroad including Gülen, HDP deputies
Turkey’s Interior Ministry has released a list of 130 people who are currently abroad including Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen and two deputies from the...
Report: Maarif Foundation to contribute radicalism, exacerbate Muslim-Christian tension in African countries
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has aimed at to replace the positive contributions of the schools opened by the Gülen (a.k.a. Hizmet) movement in Africa to...
Greece has adopted illegal border push-back for Erdoğan critics
In a breach of European Union (EU) and international laws, Greek government appears to have adopted a policy of push-backs of Turks seeking asylum from...
Survey shows purge over 8,000 academics leads to 28 pct decrease in scientific research...
The Justice and Development Party (AKP) government under the strict rule of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has sacked more than 8,000 critical academics...
Turkey turned blind eye on ISIL’s Mona Lisa Jihadist wife and Turkish suicide bomber...
By Abdullah Bozkurt
For Jihadist groups including al-Qaeda and Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), Turkey has been not only a transit country but...
Turkey’s Ankara Mayor Gökçek hints ‘genocide’ for followers of Gülen movement
Melih Gökçek, the mayor of Turkey's capital city Ankara, has hinted a kind of "genocide" for alleged members of faith-based Gülen movement, in an...
Turkish police detains woman shortly after delivery in Ankara over alleged Gülen links
A Turkish women, Nazlı N. Mert, who has just given birth to a baby at private Lokman Hekim Hospital in Ankara's Etlik neighborhood, was...
NBA star Enes Kanter’s father detained in Turkey over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police on Friday detained Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kanter, father of NBA Oklahoma City Thunder player Enes Kanter, who the government seeks to arrest...
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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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