Turkey detained 91 over Gülen links in 5 days: minister
Turkish police have detained 91 people across 30 provinces in the past five days over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based...
Turkey orders detention of 12 over Gülen links
Ankara prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 12 people due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group accused by the...
338 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in a year: report
A total of 338 women in Turkey were murdered by men in the past 12 months, while 248 died under suspicious circumstances, Turkish Minute...
Turkey ranked 164th among 179 countries in Academic Freedom Index
Academic freedom in Turkey has sharply declined in the past 15 years, putting the country in 164th place among 179 countries as of December...
Court blocks access to news reports about sexual abuse in dormitory affiliated with Islamic...
A Turkish court has blocked access to 12 news reports detailing sexual abuse allegations against a staff member in a dormitory affiliated with an...
Airstrike blamed on Turkey kills 2 civilians in northern Iraq
Two people were killed on Friday in an airstrike on the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, an official said, accusing Turkey of being...
Turkish women call for end to gender-based violence and discrimination on International Women’s Day
In commemoration of International Women’s Day, Turkish women’s rights activists have called for an end to gender-based violence, which is worryingly common in the...
Turks’ asylum applications in Germany up 12.3 pct in first two months of 2024
Turkish nationals filed 12.3 percent more applications for asylum in Germany in the first two months of 2024 than the number submitted in the...
20 women journalists involved in court proceedings in February: MKG
The Mesopotamia Female Journalists Association (MKG) has announced that a total of 20 women journalists were involved in trial proceedings in February over their...
Sending money to imprisoned relatives is not terrorism financing: İHD
The Turkey-based Human Rights Association (İHD) on Thursday released a statement calling on the authorities to end their practice of targeting people on terrorism...
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The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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...