Most religion-based hate crimes in Turkey targeted Alevis, Christians in 2022: report

Alevis and Christians were targeted in the vast majority of religion-based hate crimes recorded in Turkey in 2022, according to a report by the...

Turkey orders unregistered Syrians to leave İstanbul by September 24

The Turkish government has ordered unregistered Syrian refugees to leave İstanbul by Sept. 24 in the wake of heightened scrutiny over the refugee population...

Former Erdoğan aide says hatred of Gülen movement should be rekindled

A columnist for a pro-government daily who was a former aide to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on Turkish authorities to rekindle their...

Increasing hate crimes lead to death of 21 refugees in 3 years in Turkey

At least 21 refugees and asylum seekers were killed in Turkey as a result of increasing hate crimes against them between January 2020 and November 2022,...

Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey

The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) has released its latest report, “Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey,” a study that...

PACE rapporteur calls on Turkish political parties to avoid negative stances against refugees, migrants...

Birgir Thórarinsson, rapporteur for the crisis facing Afghan refugees from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) Committee for Migration, Refugees and...

Turkish defense minister told party supporters that ‘the time will come to kill’

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, who has been nominated by the ruling party as a candidate for a parliamentary seat from his hometown of...

Opposition MP admits post-coup purge of bureaucrats carried out with no solid evidence

An opposition lawmaker who was a member of a commission formed to investigate an attempted coup in 2016 has said a post-coup purge of...

Report reveals widespread discrimination of refugees in Turkey’s quake zone

Following massive earthquakes in southern Turkey last month, refugees in the quake zone – most of them Syrian – have been subjected to “multi-layered discrimination,”...

Turkish students spark criticism for giving Nazi salute to Jewish high school students

Students from an İstanbul high school have attracted criticism for giving a Hitler salute to students from a Jewish high school during a football...

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Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review

The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today released its latest report "Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review," which highlights the most important developments...

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