CPJ calls on Turkish gov’t to drop charges against journalist
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged Turkish authorities on Wednesday to drop charges against journalist Sinan Aygül, who is accused of threatening the...
Turkish journalist to stand trial for ‘insulting’ gov’t, state
Journalist and author Bahadır Özgür faces a prison sentence ranging from six months to two years for allegedly insulting the Turkish nation, the Republic...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court rules prison visit restrictions during pandemic violated rights
The Constitutional Court of Turkey has ruled that restrictions on prisoner visits imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic violated the right to family life, upholding...
NGO compiles ECtHR judgments against Turkey in new report
Justice Square, a human rights group based in the Netherlands, has released a new report bringing together European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments...
Family of inmate who died following surgery not allowed to see his body: İHD...
Eren Keskin, co-chair of the Human Rights Association (İHD), has announced that doctors have confirmed the brain death of sick inmate Ergün Akdoğan, who...
Unions rally behind Emine Şenyaşar in ongoing justice campaign
Emine Şenyaşar, an activist who has been demanding justice for three family members murdered by people connected to a lawmaker from Turkey’s ruling Justice...
Paralyzed inmate has been awaiting presidential pardon for a year amid health concerns
Şerife Sulukan, a woman suffering from paralysis and epilepsy who is jailed for links to the faith-based Gülen movement, has been awaiting a presidential...
Man accused of attacking students with machete appointed prosecutor in Turkey
A man who was filmed attacking students with a machete during a violent clash at a university in 2017 has been appointed as a...
Jailed Kurdish journalists indicted on terrorism charges due to their news reports
Three Kurdish journalists who had been detained as part of an İstanbul-based investigation and were arrested by a court last month have been indicted on terrorism...
Turkey detains 44 people on alleged Gülen links
Turkish police have detained 44 people across the country over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Kronos news website reported on...
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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...