ISI voices concern over Turkish government’s arbitrary deprivation of nationality of its citizens
The Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI) has released a policy paper to raise its grave concern over recent steps taken by the Turkish government towards...
1,800-year-old church falling into disrepair due to delayed restoration
An 1,800-year-old Orthodox church in Turkey’s Muğla province is poised to fall into ruin due to its delayed restoration and neglect.
The Ministry of Culture...
Syriac association chair: I fear we will be forced to convert to Islam under...
Yuhanna Aktaş, chairperson of the Mardin Syriac Unity Association, which was closed down in 2015, has said with irony that he is afraid Syriacs...
Turkey’s Interior Ministry: 49 detained in one week due to social media posts
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 49 people have been detained over the past week on charges of disseminating propaganda on social...
Turkish Parliament to discuss immunity of 29 more opposition deputies
Dossiers for 29 more opposition deputies from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the Republican People’s Party (CHP) have been submitted to a...
Merkel refuses to link asylum applications from Turkey with visit of German troops
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said there is no link between approval of applications from Turkish asylum seekers in Germany and a visit to...
Turkey extends state of emergency for 4th time
The Turkish Parliament has extended for three more months a state of emergency declared in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in Turkey...
Mother of three released after giving testimony in Turkey
Yasemin Özkan, who gave birth to her third child last week by C-section and was served with a detention warrant immediately afterwards, was released...
Human rights activists referred to court after 12 days under detention in Turkey
A group of human rights activists who were detained on July 5 during a workshop at a hotel on İstanbul’s Büyükada were referred to...
27-years-old mother with 11-months-old son found in Ankara’s Sincan prison
Yağmur Balcı, a 27-years-old mother, who disappeared together with his 11-months-old son in Trabzon Bahçecik Prison, has been found in Sincan Prison in Ankara...
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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...