Turkish nationals under UN protection deported: report
Malaysia on Friday confirmed that it had deported a Turkish asylum seeker registered with the United Nations, along with his family, after police said...
Tortured, robbed and pushed back to Turkey, migrants face rogue force in Greece: report
A Turkish migrant who fled Ankara’s crackdown on dissent has given a detailed account of push-back on Greek soil to Bold Medya on Friday,...
Kosovo to try individuals involved in illegal deportation of Turkish teachers
Kosovar authorities have indicted three individuals involved in the illegal deportation of six Turkish teachers to Turkey on March 29, 2018, Balkan Insight reported.
The...
Canada blocks arms exports to Turkey over misuse
Canada on Monday blocked military arms exports to NATO ally Turkey after a probe found Canadian drone technology had been misdirected for use in...
Kyrgyz hold vigil in hope of finding missing educator
Kyrgyz who have been protesting since the suspicious disappearance of an educator in the country held a silent vigil in Bishkek on Monday in...
Kyrgyzstan calls on Turkey to immediately return abducted educator İnandı
Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday called on Turkey to return educator Orhan İnandı, who was abducted by the Turkish Intelligence Agency (MİT), and take all necessary...
Turkish army fire kills Iraqi Kurdish farmer: local official
Turkish army fire killed an Iraqi Kurdish farmer on Friday in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, where Ankara has been battling militants,...
Bulgaria sends troops to tackle migrant influx from Turkey
Bulgaria on Monday deployed 350 soldiers to the border with Turkey to help police cope with the growing influx of migrants, Agence France-Presse reported,...
Two Turks arrested after glider crash off Greek island
Two Turkish citizens who managed to enter Greece illegally on a motorized paraglider were arrested after crashing off Evia Island, Agence France-Presse reported on...
Turkey can’t be allowed to hold NATO membership hostage any longer, says Swedish journalists...
The president of the Swedish Journalists' Association (Journalistförbundet) has called on the authorities in Sweden to take measures to protect Turkish journalists in exile...
Latest Reports
New report exposes widespread, systematic rights violations in Turkey’s crackdown on the Gülen movement
STOCKHOLM— The Stockholm Center for Freedom today released a new report, “UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey in 2025, a year marked by continued democratic...
Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression
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This report reveals how the Turkish government has transformed its embassies and consulates into instruments of repression over the past decade. Once seen...
The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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This report examines how children from families targeted in Turkey’s unprecedented post-coup purge have endured the devastating consequences of persecution, social exclusion and...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2024.
Throughout the year Turkey continued...
Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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This report examines the surge of hate speech following the death of Fethullah Gülen, a US-based cleric whose followers have been systematically persecuted...
Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used family punishment against his opponents.
Sippenhaft, also known as...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2023.
The May 2023 re-election of...