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Turkish citizens rank fourth among asylum seekers in Germany

People holding a Turkish passport were the fourth largest group seeking asylum in Germany in 2020, with 5,196 Turkish citizens lodging asylum applications last...

Boğaziçi students contradict Erdoğan’s terrorism accusations on social media

A number of students from İstanbul’s prestigious Boğaziçi University have responded in videos released on Twitter to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent terrorism accusations...

Turkish think tank SETA disseminating AKP propaganda in Europe, Germany says

The German federal government has said in response to a parliamentary question that the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA), a pro-government...

43 people killed, 240 maltreated, tortured in Turkey in December 2020: report

Cases of human rights violations in Turkey in December included 43 deaths and 240 incidents of torture and maltreatment, with 143 of them taking...

Thousands detained or deported at Turkish airports for their social media posts: report

Thousands of people have been detained or deported at airports by Turkish authorities because of their social media posts, the Stockholm Center for Freedom...

Erdoğan looking for new allies

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has visited his one-time partner, Oğuzhan Asiltürk, at his home after not seeing him even once during his 18...

The Year in Review: Press Freedom

The Turkish government continued to muzzle the press in 2020 in a variety of ways, including imprisoning journalists, eliminating media outlets, overseeing the purchase...

9 inmates at Turkish prison attempt suicide in two weeks’ time: report

A total of nine inmates have attempted suicide in two weeks at a prison in the southern province of Antalya, the Stockholm Center for...

Ailing 84-year-old imprisoned after appeals court upholds politically motivated conviction

Nusret Muğla, 84, who suffers from multiple health problems, was arrested on Wednesday after the Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a previous conviction that...

Turkey sees further curtailment of right to assemble in 2020

Police intervened in at least 549 peaceful demonstrations in 49 provinces across Turkey, resulting in the detention of 1,816 people, according to the Association...

Terrorists, not students, are behind Boğaziçi protests, says Erdoğan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the people involved in protests against the recent appointment of a Justice and Development Party (AKP) member...

Whereabouts of former minister Albayrak subject of speculation, jokes among Turks

Turkey’s Former finance minister, Berat Albayrak, who is also the son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has not appeared in public since his unexpected...

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