YARSAV’s Arslan, jailed by Turkish gov’t, on shortlist for Václav Havel Human Rights Prize
Murat Arslan, president of the now dissolved Association for the Union of Judges and Prosecutors (YARSAV), has been placed on the shortlist of candidates...
Lack of doctors at a state-run hospital kills 8-month-pregnant woman, her baby in Turkey’s...
An 8-month pregnant woman died on Monday over the lack of doctors at a state-run hospital in Cizre district of Şırnak province. It was...
Germany’s Green Party co-chair Özdemir: Turkey’s black lists prepared by a police state
Asking Germany to inform its citizens about whether they are blacklisted by Turkey, Cem Özdemir, co-leader of the Green Party in Germany, has said...
Number of complaints over Turkish government’s post-coup dismissals hits 57,340
The number of complaints filed over Turkish government's massive post-coup dismissals has hit 57,340 in August, according to the reports in Turkish media.
More than 150,000...
Turkish gov’t detains 23 people in Çorum over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish police have detained 23 people in a Çorum on accusations that they use a smart phone application known as ByLock on Monday following...
Terror organization PKK kills 3 in an attack on road workers in Turkey
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Monday launched an attack in Turkey’s southeastern province of Şırnak, killing three road workers. According to the...
Merkel calls on Turkey to release jailed German journalist Yücel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday called on Turkey to release Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel, who has been jailed since Feb. saying that she...
Erdoğan: Putin said Turkey’s presidential palace is ‘sign of a great state’
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin said when he saw the presidential palace in Ankara that...
Juncker: Erdoğan wants EU to halt membership talks with Turkey
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Tuesday said Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wants the EU to halt membership talks with his country.
Asking...
Turkish gov’t expells 682 education syndicate member teachers from cities
Turkey’s Education and Science Workers’ Union, known as Eğitim Sen, announced that a total of 682 Eğitim Sen member teachers who were returned to...
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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...