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New report exposes widespread, systematic rights violations in Turkey’s crackdown on the Gülen movement

STOCKHOLM— The Stockholm Center for Freedom today released a new report, “UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights...

[INTERVIEW] From Malaysia to a Turkish prison: Former educator recounts abduction by Turkish intelligence...

İsmet Özçelik, convicted on terrorism charges due to his alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, recounted the harrowing details of his journey across...

Past Gülen ties, not only arrest warrants, can prove risk in Turkey sufficient for...

A Belgian appeals court has recognized a former teacher from Turkey as a refugee, ruling that his past ties to the faith-based Gülen movement...

Turkish teacher jailed over alleged Gülen links recounts losing wife and son while fleeing...

A former Turkish teacher imprisoned over alleged links to the Gülen movement has spoken publicly for the first time about losing his wife and...

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Former teacher who suffered stroke after dismissal over alleged Gülen links dies at 56

Mustafa Demirhan, a former mathematics teacher dismissed by an emergency decree over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, died at a hospital in...

Turkey’s top court rejects rights violation claim in ByLock conviction despite landmark ECtHR ruling

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a terrorism conviction based on the use of the ByLock encrypted messaging app did not violate the principle...

Turkish TV star-turned-mayor detained in new operation targeting opposition

Turkish police on Thursday detained an award-winning television actor who became an opposition mayor in an Ankara district as part of a corruption investigation,...

Five children, 90-year-old among 20 detained at Turkish mining protest

Turkish gendarmes detained some 20 people, including five 14-year-old teenagers and a 90-year-old woman, on Wednesday after local residents blocked heavy machinery from entering...

Kurdish mayor ousted by Turkish authorities dies in exile in Germany at 72

Hasan Basri Fırat, a former Kurdish mayor who was removed from office in 2016 and later left Turkey amid a government crackdown on Kurdish...

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New report exposes widespread, systematic rights violations in Turkey’s crackdown on the Gülen movement

STOCKHOLM— The Stockholm Center for Freedom today released a new report, “UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights...

Human Rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review

Download PDF This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey in 2025, a year marked by continued democratic...

Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression

Download PDF This report reveals how the Turkish government has transformed its embassies and consulates into instruments of repression over the past decade. Once seen...

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

Download PDF This report examines how children from families targeted in Turkey’s unprecedented post-coup purge have endured the devastating consequences of persecution, social exclusion and...

Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review

Download PDF This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2024. Throughout the year Turkey continued...

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

Download PDF This report examines the surge of hate speech following the death of Fethullah Gülen, a US-based cleric whose followers have been systematically persecuted...

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

Download PDF This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used family punishment against his opponents. Sippenhaft, also known as...

Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review

Download PDF This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2023. The May 2023 re-election of...
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