Turkish President Erdoğan says Trump shot Turkey in the foot
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday said the US has shot Turkey in the foot with its recent sanction decisions, underlining that Ankara...
Hotel receptionist detained in Turkey for wearing ‘hero’ T-shirt
A 30-year-old receptionist of a hotel in Turkey’s resort district of Bodrum in Muğla province, identified with his initials Ö.C.K, was detained for wearing...
YouTubers will need license from Turkey’s RTÜK for news programs, street interviews
In a move seen by many as aimed at controlling and restricting independent media and public discourse in Turkey, YouTubers who produce news programs...
Woman who gave birth in jail imprisoned again over Gülen links
Serap Erdem, who was arrested when she was pregnant in September 2016 for alleged membership in the Gülen movement, was on Tuesday sent to...
Apple removes gay social network Hornet app from Turkey store
Apple has removed the app for Hornet, the world’s leading gay social network with more than 30 million users, from its Turkey store in...
Healthcare experts warn increasing poverty in Turkey directly linked to childhood obesity
Healthcare experts have warned that increasing food prices and growing poverty have had a direct effect on rising obesity among children in Turkey, the...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 34 gendarmerie officers, civilians over alleged Gülen links
Turkish government on Wednesday issued detention warrants for 34 gendarmerie officers and civilians allegedly linked with them as part of an investigation into the...
Turkish gov’t cuts disability benefit for blind journalist serving prison sentence
Visually impaired Turkish journalist Cüneyt Arat, who was jailed in July 2017 over alleged links to the Gülen movement, sent a letter through his...
11-year-old autistic boy succumbs to heart disease without saying goodbye to his jailed father
Ömer Faruk Turan, 11, died of heart failure on Tuesday without being able to say goodbye to his father, who has been in prison...
Top court finds no rights violation in ban on 2016 gay pride march in...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the government did not violate the right to peaceful assembly by banning a gay pride march in Ankara...
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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...
New report exposes systematic use of hate speech following Fethullah Gülen’s death to dehumanize...
STOCKHOLM—The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today published its latest report, “Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech...
Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today released its latest report, “Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan's Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft,” a...
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.
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Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abuse of asset freezing mechanisms under the pretext of prevention of...
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government’s decisions to freeze assets based on the pretext of preventing the financing of terrorism have...