European Parliament subcommittee hears findings of Turkey Tribunal
The European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights on Monday heard Johan Vande Lanotte, a professor of law at the University of Ghent, present the...
Leyla İmret, a dismissed pro-Kurdish mayor in Turkey, gives speech at CoE
A former mayor of Turkey’s Cizre district in the southeastern province of Şırnak who is being sought on an arrest warrant for alleged terror...
Pakistani human rights lawyer: We will go down to root of official lies in...
Asma Jilani Jahangir, renowned Pakistani human rights lawyer and social activist who co-founded and chaired the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and the lawyer...
AKP deputy Kuzu calls on prosecutors to investigate NATO base in Turkey over coup
Burhan Kuzu, a member of the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) Central Decision and Executive Board (MKYK) and AKP İstanbul deputy, has called...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 333 military officers over alleged links to Gülen...
Turkish government has issued detention warrants for 360 people and decided to confiscate their assets over their alleged links to the Gülen movement on...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for parents of police officer Hüseyin Korkmaz after his...
Detention warrants have been issued for six family members of Hüseyin Korkmaz, the former deputy head of the İstanbul Police Financial Crime Department, who...
Iran sanctions-busting Turkish-Iranian gold trader Zarrab spotted this time at New York hotel
Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader who turned witness in the New York trial of a Turkish banker charged with evading US sanctions on Iran,...
Selective and weak: Critics slam outgoing CoE commissioner’s poor record on Turkey
As Dunja Mijatović’s mandate as the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights came to a close on April 1, rights groups criticized the...
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...
OSCE: Most Turkish media associated with ruling AKP ahead of critical elections
"The media landscape comprises numerous broadcast and print outlets, most of which are considered to be associated with the ruling political party," said the Office...
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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
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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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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Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abuse of asset freezing mechanisms under the pretext of prevention of...
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