Erdoğan to Macron: It is a value to meet Turkey’s president
Turkish Presidency official Twitter account posted on Wednesday a picture of French President Emmanuel Macron and Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with a...
White House denies Trump apologized to Erdoğan for Turkish bodyguard brawl with protesters
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While House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah has denied US President Donald Trump apologized to Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for his...
Turkish delegation attempts to censor speech at MEF-NATO PA event
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Turkish members of the delegation have attempted to interrupt a speech by Emre Çelik due to his dissident remarks during a conference organized by...
Turkey weaponised Interpol system to persecute critics, new study exposes
The Turkish government’s blatant abuse of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) to persecute, harass and intimidate critics and opponents is much worse than...
Turkish FM confirms PKK militants abducted 2 MİT agents in northern Iraq
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Tuesday confirmed news that broke in late August that Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists had captured two National...
HRF advertises in NYC daily, launches #Erdoganout campaign during UNGA
The New York-based Human Rights Foundation (HRF) on Tuesday took out an advertisement in the Metro New York newspaper criticizing Turkey's autocratic President Recep...
US, German companies imposing unofficial sanctions on Turkey, minister says
Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli said on Tuesday that several German and American companies are denying or delaying parts Turkey uses in its defense...
Turkey’s Education Minister calls on African ambassadors to have Gülen schools closed
Turkey's Islamist Education Minister İsmet Yılmaz has called on ambassadors of African countries to have their governments close schools affiliated with the faith-based Gülen...
Turkey’s Islamist Erdoğan has closed-door meeting with US Jewish representatives
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday had a closed-door meeting with representatives of US Jewish organizations in New York, the Cumhuriyet daily...
Germany grants asylum to 196 Turkish diplomats
The asylum requests of 196 Turkish nationals with diplomatic passports have been approved by Germany, Deutsche Welle reported on Tuesday.
In response to a parliamentary...
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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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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...