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Turkey: Hundreds arrested in crackdown on critics of military offensive in Syria

Hundreds of people have been detained in Turkey for commenting or reporting on Turkey’s recent military offensive in northeast Syria...

Turkey: Syrians illegally deported into war ahead of anticipated ‘safe zone’

Turkey spent the months leading up to its military incursion into northeast Syria forcibly deporting refugees to the war-torn country,...

Turkey: Rights defenders prosecuted for standing up for press freedom acquitted

Following the acquittal of two prominent human rights defenders and a writer prosecuted for participating in a solidarity campaign for...

Turkey: Police use unwarranted and excessive force against Istanbul Pride

Reacting to the news that Istanbul Pride march participants who were demonstrating peacefully were attacked with tear gas and plastic...

Turkey: Lift arbitrary ban and allow Istanbul Pride to take place peacefully

50 years after the Stonewall riots, thousands expected to brave tear gas and plastic bullets to defy discriminatory ban Spokespeople...

Turkey: Constitutional Court ruling on Osman Kavala “rubs salt into the wound of injustice”

In response to a decision by Turkey’s Constitutional Court to reject an application by civil society leader Osman Kavala to...

Turkey: ‘Appalling’ violence used against students holding Pride march

Reacting to the news that a Pride march organized by students at the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara...

Turkey: Banned Pride march must be allowed to take place

Following news that the planned student Pride march at the Middle East Technical University (METU) will not be allowed to...

Turkey: First academic to go to prison for signing peace petition in a flagrant breach of freedom of expression

Professor Füsun Üstel, renowned for her academic work on citizenship and nationalism, is expected to start her 15 month prison...

Turkey: Judicial farce must end with acquittal of human rights defenders

Amnesty International delegation to attend trial of organization’s Turkey honorary chair, Taner Kılıç, and the Istanbul 10, including former Amnesty...

Turkey: NGOs unite to defend civil society from destruction

Leading NGOs in Turkey have come together to call for the dropping of absurd allegations levelled against Osman Kavala...

Turkey: Outlandish charges against Osman Kavala and 15 others must be dropped

In response to news that an indictment has been sent to the court setting out the case against Osman Kavala...

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