Pompeo meets with families of US mission employees jailed by Turkish gov’t
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday met with the families of three Turkish employees of the US mission in Turkey who were detained...
Slain Saudi journalist Khashoggi’s Turkish fiancée: He thought Turkey was a safe country
Jamal Khashoggi’s Turkish fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, said in an interview broadcast live on Habertürk on Thursday that the slain Saudi journalist was experiencing “great...
COMMENTARY — The air force on NATO’s southern flank gutted
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has gutted the NATO alliance’s second largest army, depleting what used to be a...
United Nations calls on Turkey to release 2 Gülen-linked individuals kidnapped from Malaysia
Turkey must release two men detained over suspected links to a cleric blamed for a 2016 coup attempt and pay them compensation for arbitrary...
USCIRF members: US leaders must stand against Turkey’s atrocities in northern Syria
Vice Chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Anurima Bhargava and commission member Nadine Maenza said in an opinion piece published...
Uighurs fear deportation as China ratifies extradition treaty with Turkey: report
China on Saturday ratified an extradition treaty with Turkey, a move likely to help Beijing incarcerate Uighurs seeking refuge in Turkey, prompting fear among...
Turkey’s far-right MHP spreading racist propaganda abroad, says German gov’t
Turkey's far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has been increasingly exerting influence over the Turkish government and spreading racist propaganda abroad, the German federal government...
Turkish diplomats spied on critics in Argentina, documents reveal
Judicial documents have confirmed that Turkish educators, representatives of local associations and businessmen living in Argentina were profiled by Turkish diplomats and reported to...
Lawyer posts photos of former Kyrgyz official suspected of role in İnandı’s disappearance
A lawyer representing a Turkish-Kyrgyz educator in Kyrgyzstan who is allegedly being held against his will at the Turkish Embassy in Bishkek on Tuesday...
US slaps sanctions on Syria armed group with Turkey links
The United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on a Syrian armed group that killed a Kurdish politician amid Turkey’s 2019 incursion, vowing to keep...
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New report exposes how Turkey weaponizes embassies and consulates to target critics abroad
The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today released its latest report, “Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression,” which reveals how...
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
The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today released its latest report “Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review,” which highlights the most important developments...
Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
STOCKHOLM—The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today published its latest report, “Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech...
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
The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today released its latest report "Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review," which highlights the most important developments...
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
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2022. Authoritarianism continued to gain ground...