Kurdish father and son from Iraq beaten in southern Turkey in apparent hate crime
A Kurdish family from northern Iraq's Erbil province was attacked on Thursday in an apparent hate crime while they were visiting Turkey's southern Mersin...
Former teacher fired and jailed on Gülen links succumbs to cancer
Emin Köseler, a religious studies teacher who was dismissed from his job on alleged links to the Gülen movement and later jailed on the...
29,444 military members dismissed as part of Turkey’s post-coup purge
A total of 29,444 military members have been dismissed from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), gendarmerie and the coast guard in a post-coup purge...
Turkey’s bar associations call on international community to stop China’s treatment of Uyghurs
In a joint statement 73 bar associations across Turkey called on the UN and the international community to initiate targeted sanctions against China in...
Turkish gov’t continued to limit religious minorities’ rights in 2020: US report
The US Department of State has underlined in a recent report that Ankara continued to limit the rights of non-Muslim religious minorities, especially those not recognized...
Turkish Embassy in Tirana spied on Erdoğan critics, describing them as ‘malignant cells’
The Turkish Embassy in Albania engaged in a campaign of intelligence gathering and profiling of critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, documents obtained by...
Former military officer jailed on coup charges dies of COVID-19
Erdal Kılınç, a former lieutenant colonel who was jailed on coup charges following an abortive putsch in Turkey in July 2016, died of COVID-19...
In a secret document, Turkey admitted jailing dozens of journalists while sticking to policy...
A secret Turkish government document obtained by Nordic Monitor has revealed that Turkey privately acknowledged it had jailed dozens of journalists even though it...
Hundreds of lives could have been saved if the Istanbul Convention was properly implemented:...
At least 2,336 women who were killed by family members or people close to them would still be alive if the Istanbul Convention had...
Suppression of Kurdish language in Turkey is reflection of general intolerance towards Kurds: community...
The pressure on Kurds in Turkey to not speak their own language is a reflection of a general intolerance towards the Kurdish population, said...
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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...
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
The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today released its latest report, “Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft,” a...
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.
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