More than 1,000 dead or missing in Turkey’s maritime accidents in 8 years
Turkey has since 2016 recorded a total of 3,223 maritime accidents in which 677 people died and 390 went missing, the Artı Gerçek news...
Turkey briefly detains man for reacting to lack of Kurdish-language services at airport
Turkish authorities briefly detained Memduh Çalışan, who went viral on social media after posting a video of himself complaining about the unavailability of services...
Lawyer detained for insulting Islamic law released on judicial probation
A Turkish lawyer who was detained on Monday for insulting Sharia, the religious law that is part of the Islamic tradition, on social media platform X,...
Journalist gets suspended sentence due to tweet on YPJ women in Kobani
An İstanbul court has handed down a suspended sentence of 15 months to a journalist due to a 2015 tweet that showed women, part...
Diyanet sanctions imam for refusing to take congregation to Erdoğan rally
Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has reassigned and temporarily halted any possibility of promotion or pay increase for an imam for refusing to...
Turkish court finds no crimes against humanity in deadly military arson against Kurdish family
A court in central Turkey has released its reasoned decision in the case of the mass murder of a Kurdish family in a deliberately...
Turkish lawyer detained for insulting Islamic law on social media
A Turkish lawyer has been detained for insulting Sharia, the religious law that is part of the Islamic tradition, on social media platform X,...
4 journalists detained in western Turkey put under house arrest
Four of six journalists who were detained in western Turkey last week have been put under house arrest, while the other two have been...
Germany’s opposition Union parties submit parliamentary question concerning drastic increase in asylum applications from...
Germany’s opposition Union parties the Christian Democratic Union of Germany and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CDU/CSU) have submitted a parliamentary question addressing...
Turkish mother reveals the effects of government’s post-coup purge on their family
A Turkish mother revealed on a YouTube channel that her child did not recognize his father, who had been jailed for alleged links to...
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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
The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today released its latest report “Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review,” which highlights the most important developments...
Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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 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.
In recent years...