Turkish woman in 4th month of pregnancy detained over alleged links to Gülen movement
A Turkish woman who is four months pregnant and also has a one-year-old child has been detained in the central province of Niğde due...
Kosovo parliamentary committee to probe abduction of six Turkish nationals
Kosovo parliament voted on Wednesday to set up a committee to investigate how six Turkish citizens were abducted and illegaly deported to Turkey in...
Eurostat: 14,640 Turkish citizens claimed asylum in EU in 2017
A total of 14,640 Turkish nationals claimed asylum in the European Union countries last year, according to data compiled by Eurostat.
According to statistics released by Eurostat...
9 Boğaziçi University students sent to jail for protesting Turkey’s Afrin operation
Nine students from İstanbul's prestigious Boğaziçi University were arrested by an İstanbul court on Tuesday and put in pretrial detention while six others were...
Award given to exiled Turkish journalist for story on victim of post-coup torture taken...
A journalism award granted to exiled Turkish journalist Bülent Ceyhan for a story about a teacher who died due to torture while in pretrial...
EU reacts to scandal of Turks’ abduction in Kosovo: Arrests were arbitrary, against EU...
The European Union has reacted to the abduction last Thursday of six Turkish nationals by the Turkish government in Kosovo over their alleged links...
Turkey tries to snatch Gülen supporters in Gabon
Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm has reached to West African nation Gabon where four Turkish nationals who work at Hizmet-linked school...
Video catches Turkish police brutally beating 2 handcuffed detainees
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A video shared by the pro-government İhlas news agency (İHA) shows two handcuffed men being beaten by police in the Dikili district of Turkey's...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens of people over their alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained dozens of people on Tuesday across Turkey as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the...
Greece says Turkish gov’t may be holding 2 soldiers for political gain
Greece said on Monday that Turkey appeared to be seeking some political leverage by continuing to hold two of its soldiers without trial for...
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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...