UN special reporter says Turkey in worst shape on freedom of expression in recent...
David Kaye, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, said in a recent...
Curfew declared in 11 villages of Turkey’s Batman province
Turkish authorities on Tuesday declared a curfew in 11 villages of the Kozluk and Silvan districts in Batman province, going into effect at 6...
Kurdish workers attacked in Turkey Ankara province by nationalist mob
Eight construction workers from Bingöl, a Kurdish majority city, were reportedly attacked by what appeared to be a nationalist mob late on Monday at...
COMMENTARY — Turkey intel knew ISIL suicide bomber, his accomplices in the murder of...
By Abdullah Bozkurt
As in many recent cases involving Jihadists and radical militants, it came as no surprise to trace the footprints of Turkish intelligence...
In a letter, a jailed woman reveals abuse and ill-treatment in Turkish prison
A letter by a jailed Turkish woman who wrote to her aunt from Konya prison revealed the ill-treatment of detainees who were subjected to...
CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu slams ECtHR for rejecting post-coup appeals from Turkey
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party's (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has slammed the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) for rejecting a critical application...
ECtHR asks for Turkey’s defense in case of jailed Cumhuriyet journalists
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has asked Turkey to submit a defense in the case against jailed Cumhuriyet daily journalists, telling the...
Yet another woman who just gave birth faces detention over alleged Gülen links
Elif Coşkun, who just gave birth on Monday night in Turkey’s western province of İzmir, will allegedly be taken into custody in the hospital...
HRF urges UN to oppose torture on 18 Gülen followers imprisoned in Turkmenistan
In an open letter issued on Tuesday, the New York-based Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has called on United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to...
HDP deputy Mehmet Ali Aslan briefly detained in Turkey’s Batman province
Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP) Batman deputy Mehmet Ali Aslan was briefly detained by Turkish police in Batman Airport on Tuesday. He was released...
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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
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...
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today released its latest report, “Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft,” a...
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...