Over 1.4 million women in Turkey have reported domestic violence since 2013
More than 1.4 million women in Turkey reported being subjected to domestic violence between January 2013 and July 2024, the Birgün daily reported, citing...
Kurdish journalist faces terrorism financing charges
Diyarbakır prosecutors have filed charges against journalist Nurcan Yalçın, seeking up to 10 years in prison on charges of financing terrorism, the Media and...
Turkish police batter protesting workers outside İstanbul factory
Eight workers were hospitalized on Monday after police clashed with protesters outside a factory in Istanbul, where employees have been demonstrating for nearly two...
40,000 child sexual abuse reports filed in Turkey in 2023
A total of 40,713 new cases of child sexual abuse were filed in 2023, involving 36,275 suspects, according to statistics released by Turkey’s Ministry...
Amid disappearance of little girl, public figures highlight large number of missing child cases...
Amid the disappearance of an 8-year-old girl in southeastern Turkey’s Diyarbakır province, public figures have raised awareness of the large number of missing children...
Negligence of authorities leads to fish die-off in İzmir
Negligence on the part of both İzmir’s municipal authorities and the Environment Ministry has led to a serious environmental disaster in İzmir Bay, sparking...
2 detained after revealing alleged plot to kill Turkish journalist
Two men have been detained in Turkey following an investigation into a video they produced about an alleged plot to assassinate a journalist, Turkish...
Elderly in Turkey suffer most rights violations: report
Elderly Turks aged 75 and above were the most frequent victims of rights violations in the first quarter of 2024, according to a report...
Mine owned by Turkish MP faces scrutiny over hazardous conditions
A coal mine in Manisa, western Turkey, owned by an MP from the ruling party has come under scrutiny for exposing workers to hazardous...
Inmates in Turkish prison put in solitary for performing Kurdish folk dance
Fifteen inmates in Turkey’s Batman prison have been put in solitary confinement for 15 days as punishment for performing a traditional Kurdish folk dance,...
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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...
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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...
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...