Swedish-Turkish journalist wanted by Turkey returns to Sweden
Swedish-Turkish journalist and writer Hamza Yalçın, arrested in Spain in August at the request of Turkey, has returned home to Sweden after Spain decided...
Father of Turkish soldier murdered by ISIL seeks official martyrdom for son
Aydın Taş, the father of Sefer Taş, one of two Turkish soldiers who were allegedly burned to death by Islamic State in Iraq and...
US ambassador: Some in Turkish gov’t want vengeance rather than justice
John Bass, the departing US ambassador to Turkey, on Friday said some in the Turkish government are motivated by “vengeance rather than justice,” voicing...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 104 people over alleged Gülen links
The İzmir Chief Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 51 people due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement on Friday.
Police detained...
European Union in talks with Interpol on political abuse of Turkey
EU states are in talks with the International Criminal Police Organization’s (Interpol) to help stop political abuse of the police agency, Matti Maasikas, Estonia's Deputy...
5-year old Turkish boy faces risk of incapability to walk in absence of his...
Tahir Özger, a five-year old boy whose mother has been imprisoned very recently, was operated in the absence of his mother in Kayseri province,...
Turkey’s ‘First Lady’ seeks to censor negative reports about her in Internet
According to an article written by Dean Sterling Jones titled "First Lady of Lumen' published in "Shooting the Messenger" basing on the data assured by the...
Turkey’s Erdoğan gears up his anti-Semitic rhetoric as targeting KRG’s Barzani
Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued on Thursday to associate Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) referendum on independence from Iraq with Jews and Israel...
Turkish court sentences pro-Kurdish HDP’s Baydemir to 17 months in prison
A Turkish criminal court in Diyarbakır has sentenced the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) spokesperson Osman Baydemir to one year, five months, and 15...
Turkey’s Erdoğan talks to Ankara Mayor Gökçek about possible resignation
Turkey’s autocratic President and Chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held talks with Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek, who...
Latest Reports
New report exposes widespread, systematic rights violations in Turkey’s crackdown on the Gülen movement
STOCKHOLM— The Stockholm Center for Freedom today released a new report, “UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey in 2025, a year marked by continued democratic...
Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression
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This report reveals how the Turkish government has transformed its embassies and consulates into instruments of repression over the past decade. Once seen...
The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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This report examines how children from families targeted in Turkey’s unprecedented post-coup purge have endured the devastating consequences of persecution, social exclusion and...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2024.
Throughout the year Turkey continued...
Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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This report examines the surge of hate speech following the death of Fethullah Gülen, a US-based cleric whose followers have been systematically persecuted...
Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used family punishment against his opponents.
Sippenhaft, also known as...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2023.
The May 2023 re-election of...