Vice chairman of major conglomerate seized over Gülen links now lives a simple life...
Turkish businessman Osman Nakıboğlu, vice chairman of Naksan Holding before it was seized by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government...
DEM Party mayors face travel bans imposed without court orders
Nine co-mayors from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) have been banned from leaving Turkey without the issuance of court orders,...
Indictment seeks up to 8 years for national swimmer on Erdoğan insult charges
A former Turkish national swimmer is facing a prison sentence of up to eight years on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in...
Turkish teacher working in Libya moves to four different countries to avoid extradition
İbrahim Karadağ, who was a teacher in a Turkish school in Libya, had to flee the country in 2016 after the Turkish government demanded...
Turkey bans student admissions to 16 French language departments
Amid ongoing Turkish criticism to a recent statement from prominent French figures who called for the removal of some verses from the Quran, Turkey’s...
Wave of online hate speech follows countrywide attacks on Syrians in Turkey
Turkish social media erupted with hate speech targeting Syrian refugees on Tuesday, following a series of attacks on the refugee community across the country...
Turkish Constitutional Court finds sentence justified in case of Gezi Park protestor killed by...
The Turkish Constitutional Court rejected an appeal from the family of Abdullah Cömert, 22, who was killed in southern Hatay province after being hit...
Doctor sentenced to prison for treating wounded alleged terrorists
Human rights defender and physician Dr. Serdar Küni has been sentenced to four years, two months in prison on charges of aiding a terrorist...
Petition submitted to Turkish election board to halt presidential bid of HDP’s Demirtaş
A petition was submitted to Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) on Friday demanding the cancellation of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) candidate Selahattin Demirtaş’s...
Lawyer for jailed businessman Kavala again seeks retrial after several rejections
After the Turkish Justice Ministry rejected jailed businessman Osman Kavala’s fourth request for a retrial last week, one of his lawyers once again petitioned the ministry...
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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...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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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...