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Family blames prison conditions for death of former Turkish inmate after serving Gülen-related sentence

The family of a man who died of leukemia in 2024 after serving more than seven years in prison for alleged ties to the...

Turkey frees terminally ill lawyer, family say it’s too late

A Turkish lawyer suffering from late-stage cancer who lost his leg after receiving delayed medical treatment in prison was released on medical grounds this...

Former officer dismissed from Turkish army by decree dies of cancer after late release...

Former noncommissioned officer Timur Özgen, who was dismissed from the Turkish military by a government decree and later imprisoned following a 2016 coup attempt,...

7 Turkish students face jail for allegedly insulting Erdoğan during İmamoğlu protests

A Turkish prosecutor is seeking prison sentences for seven university students accused of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in slogans chanted at a rally...

Report details how Erdoğan’s Turkey institutionalized hate speech against Gülen movement

A new report by the Netherlands-based human rights group Stichting Justice Square reveals how the Turkish government under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan institutionalized hate...

Turkish lawmakers seek probe into alleged sexual threat against 17-year-old girl in pretrial detention

Lawmakers from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) have called for a parliamentary investigation into alleged rights violations and a sexual...

Jailed İstanbul mayor, wife receive ‘Award for Courage’ from German foundation

The Axel Springer Freedom Foundation in Germany has presented its Award for Courage to jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and his wife, human rights advocate Dilek...

Turkey again ranks 10th globally in organized crime index, lags in resilience

Turkey has maintained its position as one of the world’s most criminalized countries, ranking 10th out of 193 nations in the 2025 Global Organized Crime...

Elderly Turkish inmate collapses amid worsening health, family fears he could die in prison

A 72-year-old man serving a prison sentence in Turkey for alleged links to the Gülen movement collapsed in his cell last week while seriously...

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The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge

The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today published its latest report, “The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge,” which examines how children from...

Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review

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Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...

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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft

The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today released its latest report, “Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft,” a...

Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review

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Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey

This report focuses on the inflammatory rhetoric and illegal acts motivated by prejudice faced by refugees who fled the civil war in Syria to...

Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review

Download PDF This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2022. Authoritarianism continued to gain ground...

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