28.12.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Turkey 'hits PKK targets in Iraq'"

Northern Iraq: Turkish fighter planes bomb suspected Kurdish separatist positions [ID 112425]

23.12.2008 - Source:EurasiaNet 

"Secular Turks Face Growing Discrimination -- Report"

Secular Turks face growing discrimination [ID 112311]

16.12.2008 - Source:European Roma Rights Center 

"We Are Here! Discriminatory Exclusion and Struggle for Rights of Roma in Turkey"

Report on discrimination of Roma and the struggle for their rights [ID 111824]

15.12.2008 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"OSCE: Ongoing practice of arbitrary detention of human rights defenders in OSCE"

Brief report on human rights violations against human rights defenders in OSCE member states [ID 111684]

12.12.2008 - Source:Christian Solidarity Worldwide 

"Turkey: New school text book encourages religious discrimination"

New school text book encourages religious discrimination against Christians [ID 111847]

05.12.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"'Torture death'"

Activist dies in police custody, allegedly of torture [ID 110266]

05.12.2008 - Source:Guardian 

"Police violence rises amid 'culture of impunity', say campaigners"

Country witnesses alarming upsurge in police violence and brutality fostered by a "culture of impunity", campaigners say [ID 110275]

05.12.2008 - Source:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 

"Rights Watchdog Says Police Violence Rising"

Reported cases of torture and police violence have risen in Turkey since 2007, Human Rights Watch report says [ID 110344]

04.12.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Turkey jails Kurdish politician"

Court jails Kurdish politician Leyla Zana for 10 years for spreading propaganda for the Kurdish rebel PKK [ID 110162]

04.12.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Thirteen-year jail term requested for provincial newspaper editor who accused prosecutor of bias"

13-year jail term requested for provincial newspaper editor who criticised local prosecutor [ID 110231]

01.12.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Blast at Turkish political office"

Istanbul: 6 people are injured by a blast outside an office belonging to ruling party [ID 110013]

12.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Rising Police Violence Goes Unpunished"

Report on police abuses against members of the public since 2007 and official investigations (legal protections against police violence, police shootings, violence against demonstrators, violence in the context of Identity checks, counter-charges and criminal investigation for complaining or protesting) [ID 110258]

26.11.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Stuck in a Revolving Door - Iraqis and Other Asylum Seekers and Migrants at the Greece/Turkey Entrance to the European Union"

Greek authorities systematically preventing Iraqi asylum seekers and other migrants from entering EU territory and blocking access to asylum procedures; secret expulsions to Turkey; detention of asylum seekers in Turkey and forcible returns to Iraq (Access to Greek territory; Turkey's border-enforcement response to Greek expulsions and pushbacks; detention in Turkey; deportation from Turkey; detention in Greece; access to asylum in Greece; Dublin returns) [ID 112829]

25.11.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Turkey to hear jail torture case"

Court agrees to hear the case against 60 police and prison officials accused of torture and ill treatment of 4 people [ID 109666]

19.11.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Battle for rights"

Article on nationalism and freedom of expression; almost 50 writers brought  to trial since May 2008 for insulting the nation [ID 109470]

13.11.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Journalists expected to remain silent on subject of torture"

Journalists expected to remain silent on subject of torture [ID 109135]

13.11.2008 - Source:International Crisis Group 

"Turkey and Iraqi Kurds: Conflict or Cooperation?"

Report on relations between Turkey and Kurdish Regional Government in Northern Iraq (overview of political landscape; economic strategies; military interventions against PKK; Turkoman factor; status of Kirkuk within Iraq) [ID 109317]

07.11.2008 - Source:EurasiaNet 

"Ankara provokes controversy by censoring the Internet"

Growing number of websites being banned by courts and government is giving rise to concerns about Internet censorship [ID 109095]

05.11.2008 - Source:European Commission 

"Turkey 2008 Progress Report [SEC(2008) 2699]"

Progress report on country's preparation for EU membership (democracy and rule of law, human rights and protection of minorities, economic criteria and ability to assume obligations of membership) [ID 111321]

04.11.2008 - Source:Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation

"a-6386 (ACC-TUR-6386)"

Social facilities (retirement homes) and other kinds of social security for single (elderly) women living in poverty [ID 109928]

02.11.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Kurdish protests at Erdogan visit"

Southeastern Turkey: Police clash with demonstrators protesting at the visit of PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan [ID 108462]

29.10.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Turkey: Governor threatens to deprive demonstrators and their families of health care"

Province of Adana: Reported plans by the governor to cut health care from demonstrators and their families violate international standards, Amnesty International said [ID 108315]

27.10.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Accused mastermind’s brother now also charged in Dink murder"

Osman Hayal, the elder brother of the accused mastermind of Armenian-Turkish newspaper editor Hrant Dink’s murder, has been charged with “complicity” and “membership of a terrorist organisation” [ID 108271]

24.10.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"'Dozens' of Kurdish rebels killed"

Northern Iraq: 42 members of Kurdish PKK killed by Turkish forces in past week, army says [ID 108086]

24.10.2008 - Source:Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation

"a-6373 (ACC-TUR-6373)"

Social and economic care for the deaf [ID 108500]