Controversial Turkish mayor admits imposing illegal measures targeting Syrian refugees
Bolu Mayor Tanju Özcan has admitted to illegally revoking business licenses and drastically increasing water fees for Syrian refugees living in his city, sparking...
Dozens face detention over Gülen ties in Ankara-based operations: report
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 38 people as part of two separate investigations in the Turkish capital city of Ankara due to...
Turkish court upholds sentence given to police officer convicted of killing Berkin Elvan
A regional appeals court in İstanbul has upheld a prison sentence handed down to a police officer who was convicted of causing the death...
EP’s Piri on June 24 elections: Turkey drifting away from Europe
Kati Piri, Turkey rapporteur for the European Parliament, said that in view of the June 24 election results, formal suspension of EU accession talks...
Fifth inmate dies in a Turkish prison in a month
Yonca Akıncı, who has been incarcerated for four years at the Şakran Prison for Women in İzmir province, died on Monday due to medical...
Authorities order release pending trial of NCO accused of sexual abuse of 2 minors
A Turkish court ruled yesterday for the release pending trial of a noncommissioned officer who is being prosecuted for allegedly sexually abusing two high...
ECtHR fines Turkey over local courts’ failure following newspaper targeting of 2 academics
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday fined Turkey over the failure of local Turkish courts to strike a fair balance between the...
Turkey’s culture ministry bans Kurdish movie ‘Rojbash’ in theaters
The Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry has refused to allow the Kurdish movie “Rojbash” to be screened in theaters across the country on the...
Ex-MP, 5 mayors among 22 arrested in corruption probe targeting Turkish opposition
A Turkish court has ordered the arrest of 22 people, including five district mayors from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and a...
Former AKP deputy Uzun arrested over alleged Gülen links
Former Justice and Development Party (AKP) Mersin deputy Ahmet Tevfik Uzun, who was detained on Monday morning as part of an operation targeting the...
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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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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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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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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...