Dutch government formally withdraws ambassador to Turkey over 2017 row
The Dutch Foreign Ministry on Monday said it had formally withdrawn its ambassador to Turkey, who has been physically barred from the country for...
Italian academics call on Pope to raise voice against Turkish President Erdoğan
As Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has made an official visit to the Vatican on Feb. 4-5, 2018, the Italian academics shared their worries...
Turkish authorities censor articles in TDV’s Islam Encyclopedia over alleged influence of Gülen movement
The Islam Encyclopedia of the Religious Affairs Foundation (TDV), which is affiliated with Turkey's controversial Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), arguably one of the...
Report shows Turkey’s protestant minority lives under threat
From hate speech on media to attacks on churches, Turkey’s protestants live under threat, according to a study by the Turkish Protestant Churches Association,...
Turkish gov’s goes on silencing critical people, censoring media, targeting peace defending
Turkish government's fight against free speech and peace defenders has continued full gear as new detentions come over social media content criticising Turkish military...
Turkish police torture two university personnel for weeks in Antalya over their alleged links...
Sedat Göçen and Ahmet Gödük, two former staff members of the International Antalya University, which was closed by a government decree issued under emergency...
Turkish gov’t detains 37 people over ‘promoting terrorism’ on social media
Turkish government has detained 37 more people across Turkey on Wednesday over allegedly taking part in an online smear campaign of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers'...
Family-wide persecution: Turkish gov’t keeps 7 members of Demir Family in prison over alleged...
A Turkish building contractor, who live in Fethiye district of Muğla province and was denaturalized as part of the government’s post-coup witch hunt of...
Turkey bans Kurdish footballer Deniz Naki from professional football
Weeks after reporting that his car was shot at on a German motorway, midfielder Deniz Naki, the Amed SK player who is a supporter...
International Crisis Group: Hostility against Syrian refugees rising in Turkey
The International Crisis Group (ICG) said in a report released on Tuesday that violence in Turkish cities between host communities and Syrian refugees increased...
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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...
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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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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Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abuse of asset freezing mechanisms under the pretext of prevention of...
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