Murat Belge, a renowned Turkish academic, leaving Turkey as ‘scholar at risk’
Murat Belge, a renowned liberal Turkish scholar known for his activism in favour of a referendum change in 2010 is planning to leave Turkey...
Germany’s Merkel sees hurdles in way of improving ties with Turkish gov’t
German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım in Berlin with the hope of improving relations with Turkish government and for some positive steps...
Turkish gov’t and US seeking a ‘common ground’ on Syria with intensive talks
Turkish government, led by autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and US administration have been seeking a "common ground" on the developments in the northern...
CoE warns Turkish gov’t of flood of appeals to ECtHR over state of emergency...
The spokesperson of Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland has warned that Turkish government risks further appeals to the European Court of...
EP’s Harms to visit jailed Turkish teacher in Georgia for second time
Rebecca Harms, a member of the European Parliament and co-president of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, will on Thursday pay a second visit to Mustafa...
Tillerson: Turkish military’s Afrin operation hampering fight against ISIL
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday that Turkey’s military operation in the Syrian district of Afrin is hampering the US-led coalition’s...
COMMENTARY — Hamid Abdullah Al-Ahmar: Erdoğan’s errand boy in the Arab world
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Sheikh Hamid Abdullah Al-Ahmar, an Arab politician and millionaire businessman whose family led the Muslim Brotherhood network in Yemen, has been tapped...
At least 3 victims of Erdoğan’s persecution targeting Gülen movement drowned as trying to...
At least three victims of the massive post-coup persecution of Turkish government, led by autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, targeting the alleged members of...
Archbishop Bekçiyan decides to leave Turkey over patriarch election row
Archbishop Karekin Bekçiyan, the primate of the Armenian diocese of Germany who was elected last March as “degabah,” or trustee to officially launch and...
Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens US forces in Syria with ‘Ottoman slap’
"The US’s decision to give more financial support to Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) will affect Turkey’s decisions,” said Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
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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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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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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...
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...
Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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This report focuses on how illegal pushbacks by Greek authorities have devastating consequences on Turkish asylum seekers upon their return to Turkey.
In recent years...