[UPDATE] Turkey’s earthquake death toll exceeds 42,000
Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD) has put the death toll of powerful earthquakes that hit Turkey earlier this month at more than...
Turkish gov’t continues to fuel a political environment hostile to minorities, US religious freedom...
The Turkish government has continued to engage in action, deliberate inaction and rhetoric to fuel a political environment hostile to religious minorities, the United...
Families of trapped miners offered only $4,670 in claims payments after landslide
The families of nine miners buried under a landslide contaminated with cyanide and sulphuric acid at a gold mine in Turkey’s eastern Erzincan province...
Pro-Kurdish party member abducted, tortured by men posing as police: report
Celalettin Yalçın, a member of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was abducted and subjected to torture by individuals who introduced themselves as “the...
2-month-old baby accompanies mother arrested for alleged links to PKK
A mother of three from northeastern Syria's Rojava province who was arrested for alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was accompanied by...
Turkey’s chief justice says top court’s workload is as heavy as that of ECtHR
Chief Justice Zühtü Arslan has complained about the growing workload of Turkey’s Constitutional Court, saying the court has as many applications as as the...
Turkish opposition MP raises concern over rising child mortality
Kayıhan Pala, a lawmaker from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has drawn attention to a visible uptick seen in child mortality in...
MEPs call on EU member states to take action at CoE meeting for release...
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have called on EU member states to use all means at their disposal to ensure the release of...
Jailed Kurdish leader refuses prison visits due to ‘humiliating’ body search: lawyer
Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been in prison for almost eight years, is refusing to see visitors because of a new requirement that...
Turkish teacher jailed over Gülen links dies in prison due to lack of medication
Halime Gülsu, who was arrested on Feb. 20, 2018 for allegedly helping the faith-based Gülen movement, died on Saturday in prison in Mersin province,...
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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...
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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...