Amnesty Germany calls for action: Write a letter to Turkish officials about two missing Turkish men
Amnesty Germany has issued another urgent action document, calling on human rights activists and concerned people to write letters urging Turkish authorities to investigate and explain the whereabouts of Gökhan Türkmen and Mustafa Yılmaz, who have been missing since...
2019 European Archaeological Heritage Prize goes to imprisoned Turkish businessman
The 2019 European Archaeological Heritage Prize has been bestowed on prominent Turkish businessman and activist Osman Kavala who has been held in pre-trial detention in İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison since November 2017 on terror and coup charges. According to...
Exiled Turkish lawyers hold “alternative” judicial ceremony in Berlin
A group of Turkish lawyers who fled an ongoing purge in Turkey, has come together in Berlin, Germany, to mark the opening of the new judicial year, the Kronos news portal reported. According to the report, the event was held in support of some 50 bar associations in...
Italian cartoonist portrays purge-victim political scientist Mümtaz’er Türköne
Gianluca Costantini, a free speech activist and a cartoonist, has drawn a cartoon of Mümtaz’er Türköne, a Turkish political scientist who has been in prison in Turkey over the past three years, caling on the Turkish government to free him as soon as possible....
Turkey rests on zero rule of law, writes Carnegie Europe professor
Marc Pierini, a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe, has argued in an Op-Ed article that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has managed to fully concolidate his long-desired one-man-rule regime in Turkey, which now knows “no limits despite its economic...
Kurdish Canadians protest removal of Kurdish mayors in Turkey: report
Tens of Kurds living in Canada has marched in protest against the Turkish government’s recent removal of the mayors of Diyarbakır, Mardin and Van over alleged terrorist links. According to Mutlu Civiroglu, a Kurdish affairs analyst, Kurds marched late on Saturday...
Canada grants asylum to eight Gulenists under UN protection in Mongolia
Eight Turkish citizens whose passports were revoked by the Turkish government and legal residence in Mongolia ended at the end of July travelled to Canada on August 11 just after Canada decided to grant asylum, Bold Medya reported on Thursday. The people are accused...
Campaign seeks donations for disabled purge-victim
A fundraising campaign has been launched for Fatma Gormez, a purge-victim teacher who is disabled, had a kidney transplant, 2 heart surgeries, and recently lost her hearing ability completely. Fatma and her husband Bekir are accused of having ties to the Gulen group,...
Amnesty calls on activists to investigate whereabouts of two missing men: Gökhan Türkmen and Mustafa Yılmaz
Amnesty International on Tuesday issued an urgent action document calling on human rights activists and concerned people to write letters urging Turkish authorities to investigate and explain the whereabouts of Gökhan Türkmen and Mustafa Yılmaz, who have been missing...
Turkey’s 4 main political parties sign joint statement calling on U.S. to extradite Fethullah Gülen
Four political parties in the Turkish parliament issued a joint statement on Friday calling for the extradition from the US of Turkish-Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen, who is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. The...
Turkey’s Saturday Mothers holds protest with wives of abducted Gülenists
Saturday Mothers, a group of activists and relatives seeking the whereabouts of loved ones who disappeared while in police custody in the 1990s, held a protest on Saturday with the wives of abductees who were sought in investigations into the Gülen movement. The...
2,000 visually impaired people among those dismissed in Turkey’s post-coup purge: Amnesty Int’l
At least 2,000 visually-impaired people are among those who were dismissed from their jobs at public institutions, according to Amnesty International. Beril Eski, a press coordinator at Amnesty International Turkey, told journalist Caglar Dilara on Tuesday that the...
Report: Gov’t violated right to life in jailed English teacher’s death
Turkish government has violated the right to life in jailed English teacher Halime Gulsu’s death, a recent report by human rights group concluded. Gülsu, an English teacher who was arrested on Feb. 20, 2018 for her alleged links to the Turkey’s Gülen group, died on...
Press groups urge Erdogan to denounce violent attacks on journalists
The International Press Institute along with other 18 press freedom and freedom of expression organizations – including PEN International and several PEN Centres – sent today a joint letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, calling for justice following the...
546 suspected Gulenists detained while escaping Turkey to Greece in past 3 years: report
The number of people who were detained while trying to escape from Turkey to Greece in the face of a government crackdown against the suspected followers of the Gulen movement has reached to 546. Anadolu news agency reported that 546 suspected Gulenists were detained...
Netherlands warns Turkey-bound travelers on terrorism laws, social media use
Dutch foreign ministry updated its travel advice for Turkey on Monday, warning its citizens against terrorism laws and controls on social media. “The Turkish government sees the Gülen religious movement as a terrorist organization. Persons and organizations...
After Azerbaijan, Turkey named second most anti-LGBT+ country in Europe
A ranking by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) has put Turkey in the second lowest place in Europe in terms of LGBTI rights, the Diken news website reported on Tuesday. With a percentage score of 5.16, Turkey was ranked...
Report: 27,000 Turkish nationals sought asylum in Germany since 2016
At total of 27,092 Turkish citizens sought asylum in Germany in the past three years, according to Deutsche Welle (DW). DW reported Monday that Germany has received a total of 27,092 asylum applications from Turkish nationals since 2016, a year that Turkey survived a...