Many detained over alleged use of ByLock, one arrested over cancelling Digiturk subscription
At least 14 people were detained in Bolu province as part of a post-coup witch hunt targeting the alleged members of the Gülen movement...
Turkish Education Ministry launches investigation against use of ‘inter-religous dialogue’ phrase
Turkish Education Ministry has launched an paranoid investigation against a teacher of the primary school student over her use of sentences including the phrase of...
Turkey’s Erdoğan regime extends post-coup witch hunt targeting Gülen followers abroad
Turkey, under the autocratic rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has stepped up its witch hunt against the alleged members of Gülen movement abroad,...
CHP deputy asks about 7 abducted purge victims in parliamentary question
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu has submitted a parliamentary question to the Parliament Speaker’s Office in which he...
Council of State rejects case filed by CHP challenging referendum results
Turkey’s Council of State has rejected a case filed by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) demanding the cancellation of the results of...
PACE reopens monitoring process against Turkey
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has decided to reopen a monitoring process against Turkey on Tuesday over substantial backslide on...
PACE rejects Turkey’s ruling AKP’s proposal to use hoax term of ‘FETÖ’
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has rejected a proposal given by Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputies to...
7 lawyers in Kütahya, 6 purged civil servants on Greek border detained over alleged...
At least seven lawyers in the Kütahya province were detained as part of the government’s post-coup witch hunt targeting Gülen movement on Monday. The detainees...
CHP deputy claims Öksüz and Işık met a day ahead of coup attempt in...
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Eren Erdem has claimed that Adil Öksüz who is believed to have been the civilian leader...
PACE to discuss and vote on degrading Turkey’s status to monitoring process on Tuesday
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is scheduled to meet on Tuesday to discuss whether to degrade Turkey’s status and reopen...
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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
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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.
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Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abuse of asset freezing mechanisms under the pretext of prevention of...
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