Germany suspends arms deals with Turkey as German firms targeted by Erdoğan regime
Germany has decided to suspend arms deals with Turkey amid increasing political tensions between the two countries, the German daily Bild reported on Thursday....
Detention warrants issued for 159 in Ankara as 115 detained in İstanbul over alleged...
The Ankara Chief Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 159 people including journalists as Turkish police teams detained 115 people in İstanbul on...
Turkish ultra-nationalists hurl stones at İstanbul synagogue
A group of ultra-nationalists affiliated with the Alperen Hearths, an offshoot of the Turkish nationalist movement called the Grey Wolves (Ülkü Ocakları), gathered in...
US Congressmen protest Erdoğan at Turkish ambassador’s Washington residence
Several US Congressmen from the Republican and Democratic parties on Wednesday attended a protest in front of the Turkish ambassador’s residence in Washington, D.C.,...
CHP report: 304 lost jobs, 136 arrested every day in Turkey since controversial coup...
A report released by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on the impact of an ongoing state of emergency in Turkey has revealed...
Turkish media misrepresents US remarks on Gülen movement
Turkey’s mainstream media, including CNN Türk, the Hürriyet daily and several pro-government media outlets, have misrepresented comments by the US State Department, implying that...
Bild: Erdoğan offers to swap German journalist Yücel for Turkish generals
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan offered to exchange German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel, imprisoned in Turkey on terror charges, for two Turkish generals who...
Pentagon complains to Turkey over publication of US troop locations in Syria
The publication of the locations of the US military posts in Syria by Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency has endangered the troops, and the...
Number of detainees who wear ‘Hero’ t-shirts increases to seven in Turkey
The number of people who were detained by Turkish police for they wear T-shirt with "Hero" sign has increased to seven in Turkey, according...
Turkish government’s post-coup witch hunt continues with more detentions and arrests
Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged followers of the Gülen movement has continued on Thursday with new detentions and arrests in several...
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The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today released its latest report, “Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression,” which reveals how...
The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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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...