Inmate with cancer dies after he was denied release despite medical report
Halil Güneş, 49, an inmate suffering from cancer, was found dead in Diyarbakır Prison on Wednesday after he was denied release due to his...
66.4 percent of Turkish voters prefer parliamentary system: poll
Two out of every three voters in Turkey support the parliamentary system of governance over the executive presidential system that the country voted to...
Turkey continues to misuse INTERPOL databases to target political dissidents: report
The Turkish government, which critics say falsely registers dissidents’ passports as lost, stolen or revoked to facilitate their deportation to Turkey, where they often...
Major data breach amid racist attacks: IDs of Syrians in Turkey circulate online
A massive data breach has compromised the personal information of over 3 million Syrian refugees residing in Turkey amid a wave of anti-Syrian violence...
Internet freedom continues to decline in Turkey: Freedom House report
A yearly report by Freedom House on global Internet freedom reveals that Internet freedom continued to decline for a third year in a row...
Turkey imposes $140,000 fines on WhatsApp, Meta for failing to appoint local contact person
Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK) has imposed a fine of TL 2,650,000 (approximately $140,000) each on WhatsApp and Meta for failing to register...
Weak fire response in southeast Turkey blamed on alleged mismanagement by government-appointed trustees
Concerns are mounting over the adequacy of emergency services due to alleged neglect and mismanagement by government-appointed trustees in the region, following a series...
69.3 percent of Turks struggling to pay for food: poll
The majority of people in Turkey are struggling to pay for food as the rising cost of living has been eating into their incomes,...
159 workers died in occupational accidents in Turkey in June: report
A total of 159 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in June, according to a monthly report by the Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG).
The...
Turkey, Kosovo violated fundamental rights of expelled teachers: UN working group
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has concluded that the arrest, detention and forced transfer to Turkey of six Turkish teachers...
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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...