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[ANALYSIS] Turkey’s abuse of INTERPOL Red Notices: Findings in the CCF activity report
Ahmet Eren*The Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF), an independent auditing body, has released its 2019-2020 Activity Report.Consisting of seven legal and...
793 women subjected to rape, sexual harassment in custody in Turkey since 1997: report
According to a report by the Legal Aid Bureau against Sexual Harassment and Rape in Custody, which provides free legal support for women subjected...
AKP’s days of abusing headscarf ban in Turkey are over, opposition says
Turkey’s opposition politicians have criticized a recent statement by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, accusing him of once again bringing up the issue of the...
Turkey arrests man for abusing daughter on TikTok
Turkish social services said Tuesday they had taken a child into protective custody and detained a man who posted a TikTok clip showing him...
European anti-torture committee reports allege abuse in Turkish detention facilities
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) on Wednesday published reports on its...
JWF: Int’l community should urge Turkey to repeal abusive counterterrorism laws
The New York-based Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) has called on the international community to urge the Turkish government to repeal the country’s current...
Turkey files 848 search or arrest requests with Germany via Interpol since 2016
The Turkish government has submitted 848 requests for search or arrest to Germany via Interpol since a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016,...
HRW report: Turkey has stopped registering Syrian asylum seekers
Turkish authorities in İstanbul and nine provinces on or near the Syrian border have stopped registering all but a handful of recently arrived Syrian asylum...
HRW report: Turkish border guards shooting at, blocking fleeing Syrians
Turkish guards at the border with Syria are indiscriminately shooting at and summarily returning Syrian asylum seekers attempting to cross into Turkey, the New...