Turkish man released on furlough kills mother and sister
A man who was released from prison on a 10-day furlough killed his mother and sister and then shot himself on Monday, raising concerns...
Scholars to Erdoğan: Persecution of Professor Şık shows your disregard for academic freedom and...
In a letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Professor Dina Rizk Khoury, president of the US-based Middle East Studies Association (MESA), urged that...
Jailed mayor moved to intensive care after severe health decline
Mehmet Murat Çalık, the jailed mayor of Istanbul’s Beylikdüzü district, has been moved to intensive care amid serious health complications and suspicions of cancer, Turkish...
10,000 doctors in Turkey have sought early retirement or resigned in the past year:...
Approximately 10,000 Turkish doctors have resigned or requested early retirement to seek better job opportunities abroad since July 2021, the Sözcü daily reported, citing...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: 2024 in Review
Turkey’s efforts at transnational repression against critics abroad did not wind down in 2024. The Turkish government continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged...
Asylum seeker, 3-year-old son lost in Aegean Sea after migrant boat sinks
A man seeking asylum and his 3-year-old son were lost in the Aegean Sea after a boat carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized near the...
Earthquake anger ebbs in Erdoğan’s stronghold ahead of vote
Latif Dalyan offers shirts and sweatpants at knock-down prices to Turkey’s earthquake victims from a storefront surrounded by piles of debris, Agence France-Presse reported.
The...
Uyghurs in Turkey: far from China but close to fear
Uyghurs in Turkey have expressed worries over being extradited and the safety of their families in China, saying they don’t contact them, fearing their...
27 int’l rights, press groups call for release of jailed TV journalist Sedef Kabaş
Twenty-nine international human rights and journalists organizations have in a joint statement called for the release of prominent TV journalist Sedef Kabaş from pre-trial detention...
Erdoğan threatens to expel 10 Western envoys over Kavala call
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday threatened to expel the ambassadors of the United States, Germany and eight other Western countries after they...
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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...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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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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