Turkey tells UN that demand to release UN court judge void
The demand to release a top United Nations (UN) court judge is “void,” Turkish authorities said in a letter addressed to the UN Security...
Ministry: 94,000 fired, 30,000 suspended from state posts over alleged Gülen links since July...
Turkey’s Ministry of Labor and Social Security announced on Tuesday that a total of 94,867 people have been fired while 30,618 others have been...
Merkel’s ally Bouffier says Erdoğan ‘not welcome’ in Germany
Volker Bouffier, vice chairman of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, said that Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has crossed...
Calls for ‘no’ in referendum mark Nevruz celebrations across Turkey
Hundreds of thousands of people flocked to public squares across Turkey on Tuesday to celebrate Nevruz, which was marked by messages calling for a...
Turkey’s Justice Minister Bozdağ accusses US and German intelligence services of lying
Turkey's Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag has claimed that both German and the US intelligence have clear information that Fethullah Gülen and its supporters planned,...
Sixty people detained in Ankara over alleged Gülen links
Sixty people were detained in police operations targeting the alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement in Ankara on Tuesday.
The arrest warrants were also...
Turkish government puts up for sale the company it seized in post-coup crackdown
Turkey’s Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has launched an auction to sell out some properties belonging to İzmir-based Kavuklar Group, the conglomerate seized as part...
EU’s Hahn says Turkey joining EU ‘unrealistic’ under Erdoğan
Johannes Hahn, the European commissioner for neighborhood policy and enlargement negotiations, has said the prospect of Turkey joining the EU is becoming “more and...
Court issues detention warrant for journalist Nesin on terror charges
An İstanbul court has issued a detention warrant for writer and journalist Ahmet Nesin, son of famous and late Turkish novelist Aziz Nesin, on...
CHP deputy says thousands of innocent people in jails in Turkey
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Nurettin Demir said on Monday that the policies of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) during...
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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
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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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