Turkish police adopt ISIS-like torture tactics, see women and girls as sex slaves: report
The terrible accounts of the torture of people in police custody at an unofficial detention site in Turkey, related by multiple victims in court...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says Germany will fail to form a government
Amid tension between Berlin and Ankara, Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday that Germany will fail to form a government following...
Turkey’s Erdoğan: CHP’s Kılıçdaroğlu may never be able to go out on the street...
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu with not being able to go out into...
Turkey’s vice president calls purge victims ‘terrorists’
Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay has called the victims of a massive purge of state institutions “terrorists,” accusing opposition parties of having plans for...
Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu with ‘documents’ about himself
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday continued targeting main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, hinting that he should be...
Swedish Left Party head Sjöstedt says Turkish police threatened him to arrest
The chairman of the Swedish Left Party and parliamentarian Jonas Sjöstedt has said Turkish police threatened him to arrest in Ankara where he attempted...
Turkish pro-gov’t columnist Dilipak appears to threaten US about new 9/11
“If the internal stress in the US goes on like this, the possibility of another 9/11 is not all that remote,” Turkish columnist Abdurrahman...
Turkey’s Erdoğan vows to pursue Gülen movement followers who ‘escaped the sword’
Amid an ongoing witch-hunt targeting the faith-based Gülen movement, Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday said he would not end his campaign...
Turkey shuts down office of Talabani’s Kurdish party, expels representative
Turkish government has asked the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) to close its office in Ankara and demand that its personnel leave Turkey, Bahruz Galali, the...
US Congressman: No credibility in charges by Turkey against Gülen
US Congressman Brad Sherman said on Thursday that charges against US-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen by the Turkish government and Turkey's autocratic President Recep...
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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
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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.
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