Turkey pushed allies to soften NATO statement alleging state hijacking of passenger plane by...
Turkey pushed NATO allies into watering down an official reaction to the forced landing by Belarus of a passenger plane and the detention of...
Turkey increased renditions, detentions and surveillance of its Uyghur population: report
Turkey increased renditions, detentions and surveillance of its Uyghur population and is no longer the safe haven it once was for Uyghur refugees, according...
Educator İnandı still unable to use right arm due torture and mistreatment, photos reveal
Photographs released by the administration of Turkey's notorious Silivri Prison on Saturday revealed that Orhan İnandı, a Turkish-Kyrgyz educator rendered to Turkey from Kyrgyzstan,...
Businessman arrested over ByLock use after rendition to Turkey from Azerbaijan
A Turkish businessman who was abducted and illegally brought to Turkey from Azerbaijan by the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has been arrested on terrorism...
Turkish gov’t facilitates organized crime, fights political opponents: report
The Turkish government’s role in the country’s escalating organized crime activities is scrutinized in the recently published Global Organized Crime Index 2023 released by...
Kenya’s forcible return of UN-protected Turkish refugees follows armed drone sale
Kenya’s forcible return to Turkey of four UN-protected refugees after they were kidnapped by unidentified individuals on Friday in Nairobi comes two months after...
Turkey’s pro-gov’t media reports Kaçmaz family abducted by Pakistani authorities
The controversy persists over the abduction of Mesut Kaçmaz, the director of Pak-Turk School, and his family members in Pakistan and their illegal deportation...
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...
Ukrainian journalists concerned over journalist İnan’s extradition to Turkey
Turkish journalist Yusuf Inan’s forced return from Ukraine to Turkey is worrisome, Sergei Tomilenko, chairman of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NSJU), said...
Turkish businessman with ties to Gülen movement deported from Algeria
N.N.K., a Turkish businessman with alleged ties to the Gülen movement living in Algeria, was deported to Turkey following a joint effort on the...
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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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