Mass torture in Turkey under the spell of nationalism and religious zealotry
The torture, ill-treatment, abusive, inhuman and degrading treatment of people who are deprived of their liberties in Turkey’s detention centers and prisons have become...
Turkish gov’t indicts father of NBA star Kanter over his alleged links to Gülen...
Mehmet Kanter, the father of NBA star and New York Knicks center Enes Kanter, has been indicted by Turkish prosecutors on charges of membership...
Policeman suspended by Turkish gov’t reportedly dies while working as construction worker
Lokman Keleş, a Konya-based police officer who was suspended as part of the government’s post-coup purge of state institutions, died after falling from a...
Turkish gov’t removes directional signs for Trump Towers Mall in İstanbul
In response to US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Turkey on Friday removed directional signs to Trump...
Pro-Erdoğan cleric labels ‘no’ camp in referendum ‘opponents of Islam’
Hayrettin Karaman, a leading theologian and issuer of fatwas, or religious edicts for oppression and the human rights violations of the ruling Justice and...
Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens to strike UN-assisted Makhmour refugee camp
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday said his country could hit the UN-aided Makhmour refugee camp, 40 miles southwest of Kurdistan Regional Government's...
AKP municipality rejects leased cars with plates bearing Gülen’s initials
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)-run Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality has rejected a leasing company’s proposal to lease cars to be used for municipal...
Turkey’s pro-gov’t media target German journalist over interview with opposition leader
Frank Nordhausen, an İstanbul-based German journalist, has become the latest victim and target of Turkey’s pro-government media outlets over his interview with the main...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan gov’t attacks UN for raising rights violations in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
As the free world turns up the heat on the repressive regime of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey with increased vigilance...
CPJ calls on Turkey to find murderers of Syrian journalist, mother
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on the Turkish government to find those responsible for the murder of Syrian-American journalist Halla Barakat and...
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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...
STOCKHOLM—The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today published its latest report, “Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech...
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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Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abuse of asset freezing mechanisms under the pretext of prevention of...
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government’s decisions to freeze assets based on the pretext of preventing the financing of terrorism have...