Gülen movement
Jailed media executive faces 2,500 years in match-fixing ‘conspiracy’ trial
Media Freedom
April 17, 2021
Jailed media executive faces 2,500 years in match-fixing ‘conspiracy’ trial
Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of up to 2,445 years for Hidayet Karaca, former chief executive of the…
Prosecution of murder of journalist Hrant Dink remains unsatisfactory: CPJ
Turkey
April 1, 2021
Prosecution of murder of journalist Hrant Dink remains unsatisfactory: CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Turkish authorities to conduct an impartial and depoliticized investigation into the killing…
US report highlights Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen movement after coup attempt
Turkey
March 31, 2021
US report highlights Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen movement after coup attempt
A report by the US State Department regarding a series of “significant human rights issues” in Turkey has highlighted the…
11-month-old baby forced to accompany mother sentenced to 9 years in prison
Turkey
March 13, 2021
11-month-old baby forced to accompany mother sentenced to 9 years in prison
Yasemin Melizci, 29, who was arrested on terrorism charges for alleged links to the Gülen movement and was accompanied by…
VIDEO | AfSV statement on the sentencing in the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey
World
March 12, 2021
VIDEO | AfSV statement on the sentencing in the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey
On the occasion of the sentencing of real and alleged perpetrators in the assassination of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey,…
VIDEO AND PHOTO GALLERY | 2 teachers working at schools linked to Gülen movement deported to Turkey from Ukraine
Ukraine
January 6, 2021
VIDEO AND PHOTO GALLERY | 2 teachers working at schools linked to Gülen movement deported to Turkey from Ukraine
Citizens of Turkey, the teachers Salih Fidan and Samet Gure, in Rava-Ruska region in the Province of Lviv, were taken…
Two Turkish teachers are on the verge of being forcibly deported to Turkey
Ukraine
January 5, 2021
Two Turkish teachers are on the verge of being forcibly deported to Turkey
Two men, teachers Samet Güre and Salih Fidan with Turkish citizenship, arrived in the city of Rava-Ruska, in the Lviv…
Turkey extends tenure of state of emergency commission for another year
Turkey
December 25, 2020
Turkey extends tenure of state of emergency commission for another year
The tenure of a commission set up by the Turkish government to examine complaints from people who were adversely affected…
Turkey’s interior minister denies strip-search claims, brands rights advocate MP a ‘terrorist’
Turkey
December 24, 2020
Turkey’s interior minister denies strip-search claims, brands rights advocate MP a ‘terrorist’
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu denied recent claims made by pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu that…
Woman as an impetus for radical changes
World
December 18, 2020
Woman as an impetus for radical changes
On December 15, 2020, the International Round Table «The Role of Women in the Modern World. Gender (in)Equality», held to…