Press Freedom in Turkey: 2022 in Review
The Turkish government renewed its assault on press freedom in 2022 ahead of the 2023 presidential election, including imprisoning journalists, using the regulatory authorities...
Academic critical of Erdoğan feared arrest, deportation to Turkey during Malaysia visit
Dr. Ahmet T. Kuru, a Turkish-American academic and critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said he was harassed by policemen in Kuala...
Turkey uses post-9/11 counterterrorism model to target critics in exile: report
Turkey has used strategies similar to post-9/11 US counterterrorism practices to crack down on critics in exile, particularly members of the Gülen movement, Turkish...
VIDEO — Turkish women say husbands detained in Malaysia cannot be linked to ISIL
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The wives of three Turkish men who were detained by Malaysian police in Kuala Lumpur last week have said their husbands are not Islamic...
INTERPOL: The abuse of red notices bad news for critical journalists
Red notices have become a tool of political abuse by oppressive regimes. Since August, at least six journalists have been targeted across Europe by...
3 detained Turkish educators and their families handed over to Turkey by Gabon
Three Turkish educators and their families who were arbitrarily detained in Libreville, the capital city of Gabon, were handed over to Turkish officials and taken...
COMMENTARY — Utah case exposes more dirt on Turkey’s Erdoğan
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Another fraud scheme that extends to the United States has implicated the corrupt Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in what is seen...
Turkish Embassy in Mozambique spied on critics of President Erdoğan
In a breach of the international conventions, Turkish diplomats in the southern African nation of Mozambique spied on critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
Turkish court rearrests victim of rendition immediately after release
Ayten Öztürk, who was forcibly transported from Lebanon to Turkey in 2018 by Turkish intelligence and testified in an İstanbul court in March about...
UN Working Group to address ‘disappearance’ of Selahaddin Gülen
The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances will address the disappearance and forcible return to Turkey of Selahaddin Gülen, a teacher who...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
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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...