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August 31, 2018 News Release

Russia, Turkey, and Iran Should Act on Syria Detainees

Use September 7 Meeting to Address Arbitrary Detentions, Disappearances, Abductions

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lock hands during a group photo in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, April 4, 2018. © 2018 Tolga Bozoglu/Pool Photo via AP

July 20, 2018 News Release

Turkey: Normalizing the State of Emergency

Draft Law Permits Purging Judges; Prolonged Detention; Curbing Movement, Assembly

The human rights monument in Ankara cordoned off with a police barricade during Turkey’s state of emergency to prevent its use as a site of public assembly and protest, 2017.

July 16, 2018 News Release

Turkey Stops Registering Syrian Asylum Seekers

New Arrivals Deported, Coerced Back to Syria

Two Syrians walk along a fence near the Turkish-Syrian border in Gaziantep province, Turkey on November 30, 2016.

July 4, 2018 News Release

Syria/Jordan: Open Borders to Daraa Residents

Dire Conditions for Thousands Fleeing Fighting

An Internally displaced girl from Daraa province carries a stuffed toy and holds the hand of child near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in Quneitra, Syria June 29, 2018. © 2018 Reuters/Alaa Al-Faqir

June 28, 2018 Dispatches

Turkey Has No Excuse to Ban Istanbul Pride March

Protect, End Discrimination Against LGBTI Community

LGBT rights activists hold a rainbow flag during a transgender pride parade which was banned by the governor’s office, in central Istanbul, Turkey, June 19, 2016

June 27, 2018 Statement

UN Human Rights Council: As US Retreats, Other Countries Need To Work Together in Defense of Human Rights

Item 4 General Debate

The 36th Session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

June 25, 2018 Dispatches

Erdoğan Wins Turkish Presidency Again

Should Honor Campaign Pledge to Lift State of Emergency, Strengthen Rule of Law

Election posters in Kadıköy, Istanbul, June 2018.

June 20, 2018 News Release

Turkey: Human Rights Work on Trial

Jailed Amnesty Turkey Chair, 10 Other Activists Face Unfounded Charges

Taner Kilic, head of Amnesty International Turkey, speaks at a conference.

June 14, 2018 Report

Syria: Turkey-Backed Groups Seizing Property

Compensate Displaced Residents for Use, Damage

Camel in front of the Hussein’s studio which was turned into a butcher shop. © 2018 Private

June 7, 2018 News Release

Turkey: Elections Under State of Emergency

Q and A Looks at Context for Upcoming Snap Election

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s campaign posters read “Great Turkey wants a strong leader”, flying above election banners for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) he chairs, Galata Bridge, Istanbul, June 2018.

May 14, 2018 Report

Turkey: Government Targeting Academics

Dismissals, Prosecutions Create Campus Climate of Fear

Turkish riot policemen walk over academic gowns laid down during a protest against the dismissal of academics from universities in the Cebeci campus of Ankara University

May 12, 2018 Dispatches

Britain Should use Erdogan Visit to Speak out on Human Rights

Call for Release of Turkey’s Unjustly Jailed Journalists, Politicians, Civil Society Activists

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, January 28, 2017.

April 27, 2018 News Release

Turkey: Journalists Convicted for Doing Their Jobs

Harsh Sentences for Cumhuriyet Staff in Politically Motivated Case

Press freedom activists read opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet during a demonstration in solidarity with the jailed members of the newspaper outside a courthouse, in Istanbul, Turkey, July 28, 2017.

April 13, 2018 News Release

Turkey: Tajik Activists Face Deportation

Risk Torture, Politically Motivated Imprisonment if Returned

March 27, 2018 Report

Turkey: Crackdown on Social Media Posts

Detention, Prosecutions Over Criticisms of Turkish Army Actions in Syria

Nurcan Baysal, journalist; Ali Erol, LGBT activist; Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, medical doctor; Kutay Meriç, executive member of rights group "Halkevleri" (from upper left corner clockwise)

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