Rights court condemns Turkey over opposition mayor’s detention
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday condemned Turkey for detaining an opposition mayor for over two years without a trial, the latest...
Number of inmates exceeds 309,000 in Turkish prisons
The number of inmates in Turkish prisons was 309,558 as of February 28, according to data released by the Directorate General of Prisons and...
Brothers convicted over Gülen links not allowed to attend sister’s funeral
Three brothers – İbrahim Emre, Muhammed Emre and Üsame Emre -- imprisoned on conviction of alleged links to the Gülen movement, were not allowed...
Far-right Turkish leader praises police violence against members of religious group
Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has praised the excessive force used by police officers in the southern province...
Turkish gov’t failed to carry out most actions in its human rights action plan
The Turkish government has failed to carry out most of the actions in the new human rights action plan that was announced by President...
Police detain trans-right activists during fast-breaking dinner in Istanbul
A group of trans-rights activists was detained by Turkish police on Tuesday evening during a community fast-breaking dinner on a street in Istanbul’s Beyoglu...
Court arrests 16 Kurdish journalists after 8 days in custody in SE Turkey
Sixteen journalists out of 22 people – the vast majority of them members of the press – who were detained in southeastern Diyarbakır province...
Inmate with late stage cancer awaiting presidential pardon for 8 months
Yusuf Özmen, an ailing cancer patient who is serving a sentence on conviction of alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, has been awaiting...
Another parliamentary candidate from Green Left Party arrested on terrorism charges
A parliamentary candidate from the opposition Green Left Party (YSP) was among seven people who were arrested Wednesday on terrorism-related charges ahead of critical...
Turkey detains soldiers, cadets on Gülen links
Police and gendarmerie forces in seven provinces conducted house raids early Tuesday to detain active duty and former soldiers as well as former military...
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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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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.
In recent years...