11 women indicted for making vinegar in Ankara prison
Eleven female inmates who are all political prisoners in the capital city of Ankara have been indicted for making vinegar inside the prison in...
Syrian refugees in Turkey left in limbo
Samira hears the same message from Turkish politicians on the television day and night: Syrian refugees like her must return home. But her home...
Erdoğan sparks outrage for attacking Gezi protestors with profanities on anniversary
On the 9th anniversary of the Gezi Park protests, the biggest challenge to the rule of then-Turkish prime minister and current president Recep Tayyip...
Mob attacks workers at Istanbul warehouse thinking they were refugees
A mob on Sunday entered a warehouse in Istanbul's Ataşehir district thinking there were refugees inside and stabbed a young man who they thought...
Anti-refugee party leader prevented from entering border city to plant a ‘mine’
Turkish police and gendarmerie have prevented Ümit Özdağ, leader of the far-right and anti-refugee Victory Party (ZP), from entering the border province of Hatay...
42 protestors briefly detained after police break up Pride march in Ankara
Turkish police on Tuesday broke up an LGBTQ+ Pride march in Ankara and briefly detained 42 people, Turkish Minute reported.
Authorities had banned Pride marches...
EU border agency ‘covered up’ Greek pushbacks: report
Europe’s border agency Frontex routinely covered up illegal “pushbacks” of migrants by the Greek coastguard, Agence France-Presse reported, citing media reports and a leaked...
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...
Remains of man killed in clashes between Turkish security forces and PKK handed to...
The remains of a young man who was killed during clashes between Turkish security forces and the outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) in January...
Former Turkish police officer experienced social alienation and family estrangement prior to his suicide
News reports have revealed that a former police officer who died by suicide last week had experienced social alienation and estrangement from his family...
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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...