409 Turkish citizens have sought asylum in Norway in past 18 months
Norway said on Thursday the number of asylum seekers from Turkey has increased noticeably in recent weeks, with 245 Turkish nationals claiming asylum thus...
Greece grants asylum to yet another Turkish military officer
A Greek committee on Thursday granted asylum to a Turkish soldier who fled to Greece with seven other officers after a coup attempt against...
Kurdish woman detained at İstanbul airport after extradition from Norway
Gülizar Taşdemir (42), rumored by the pro-government media to have been a former “aide” in the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), was taken into...
EP’s Piri on June 24 elections: Turkey drifting away from Europe
Kati Piri, Turkey rapporteur for the European Parliament, said that in view of the June 24 election results, formal suspension of EU accession talks...
Turkish baby girl, whose mother was detained right after she was born, now growing...
Ahmet Naim & Bahar Çelebi, Athens
Turkey recognized her in September 2017 with police officers waiting at the door of a delivery room. Her name...
Turkish authorities treat locals in Syria’s Afrin province as ‘foreigners’
Turkish authorities have reportedly issued foreigners’ ID cards to local residents of Syria's Afrin province who have been living there for generations, according to local...
Turkish singer accused of having shoes autographed by NBA star Enes Kanter
Turkish singer Gökmen Ürü, for whom a detention warrant was issued by the Mardin Chief Public Prosecutor's Office as part of the Turkish government's...
COMMENTARY — UN terror list implicates Turkey in jihadist enterprise
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The United Nations’ (UN) growing sanctions list of terrorists reveals the terrible fact that the permissive and encouraging environment for the radicalization...
Turkish military shelling in Iraq leaves 19-year-old Kurdish girl dead
Turkish military shelling in an area along the Turkey-Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) border in northern Iraq on Saturday resulted in the death of a...
US senators visit Turkey’s Erdoğan to discuss case of jailed pastor, delivery of F-35...
Two US senators who have sought to prevent Turkey from purchasing a Russian S-400 missile defense system and the delivery of F-35 fighter jets...
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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...
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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
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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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