More than 83 pct of Turkey’s post-coup purge victims can’t make ends meet: report
A recent report by the Justice for Victims Platform has revealed that more than 83 percent of victims of a massive purge of state...
1,000 writers, journalists, politicians call on people to unite against one-man rule
A thousand people including writers, experts, artists, lawyers, intellectuals and politicians called on people to unite against one-man rule for peace and democracy in...
Turkey’s HDP submits motion for parliamentary probe of Roboski Massacre in 6th anniversary
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Aycan İrmez has submitted a parliamentary proposal to investigate the Roboski (Uludere) Massacre, where 34 people were hit...
Flynn under Pentagon investigation for money accepted from foreign groups
An investigation has been launched by the Pentagon’s inspector general into Michael Flynn, a retired US general and fired national security adviser for President...
Turkey’s Interior Minister: 55,665 people imprisoned over their alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has stated on Tuesday that a total of 55,665 people have been jailed in Turkey as part of his...
Turkish police again detain dismissed academic Nuriye Gülmen
Turkish police on Friday again detained Nuriye Gülmen, a prominent academic who went on a hunger strike after being fired from her job by a...
Turkey has removed 146 mayors from Kurdish parties in 4 years: report
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) on Tuesday published an 84-page report on the removal of HDP mayors in the last four years, after the...
Turkish court sentences 102 War Colleges staff members to life in prison over coup...
The İstanbul 26th High Criminal court handed down 35 life sentences and 67 aggravated life sentences on charges of “violating the constitutional order” due...
IFEX kicks off campaign for imprisoned Turkish teacher and baby
A global network promoting free expression, IFEX, launched a signature campaign, calling for the freedom of Turkish teacher Ayşe Çelik, who last week was...
22 hospitals in Turkey, Syria damaged by devastating quakes: WHO
A total of 22 hospitals in Turkey and Syria were damaged by devastating earthquakes on February 6, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)...
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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...