Jailed Turkish journalist Parıldak given courage award by Norwegian rights group
Ayşenur Parıldak, a 27-year-old reporter from Turkey’s now-closed Zaman newspaper who has been behind bars for 13 months, was named the recipient of the...
Iraq PM Abadi says half of ISIL families detained near Mosul are Turkish
Turkish nationals make up half of the hundreds of families being held in a camp near Mosul for suspected links to the Islamic State...
KRG’s PM Barzani defies Iraq’s top court decision: Referendum to be held Sept. 25
Iraq’s Supreme Court has ordered the suspension of an independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan, slated for Sept. 25, until it makes a final ruling...
Erdoğan’s ‘Dombra’ echoes in German cities ahead of elections
Allianz Deutscher Demokraten (ADD), a political party founded by people of Turkish origin in Germany, is playing “Dombra,” the Justice and Development Party’s (AKP)...
Under threat of arrest in US, Erdoğan leaves his security detail at home
Members of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s security detail who were indicted in the US for violently attacking protesters in Washington, D.C., in...
ITUC reiterates its call for boycott ILO meeting in İstanbul on October 2-5
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has reiterated its call for members to boycott International Labor Organization's (ILO) 10th European Regional Meeting in İstanbul in October...
Trump meeting has special importance, says Erdoğan
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday said he attributes special importance to his upcoming meeting with US President Donald Trump, the state-run...
Candidate for German chancellor Schulz says will not be blackmailed by Erdoğan
Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader and candidate for German chancellor Martin Schulz on Saturday strongly criticized Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over human...
Father says French journalist ‘physically and psychologically abused’ under custody in Turkey
French journalist Loup Bureau, who was released after 52 days in detention in Turkey, arrived in Paris on Sunday, said his six days spent...
Pro-Kurdish HDP’s Demirtaş and Yüksekdağ nominated by European Parliament for Sakharov Prize
The European Parliament (EP) has announced on Friday that the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP) leaders Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdaş, who were jailed...
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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
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...
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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.
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