European rights court says Turkey violated reporter’s rights with ban
Turkey violated the rights of a prominent journalist by denying her access to information into corruption allegations against four ministers in the government of...
Turkey’s Gendarmerie Command dismisses 223 staff members for alleged Gülen links
Turkey’s Gendarmerie Command yesterday dismissed a total of 223 staff members over alleged links to the Gülen movement as part of what is known...
İstanbul mayor faces probe for ‘disrespecting’ Mehmed the Conqueror
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu over allegations that he disrespected Mehmed the Conqueror by clasping his hands behind...
Police detain Islamic leader critical of AKP gov’t during religious ritual in SE Turkey
The leader of an anti-government religious group in Turkey was detained along with a number of his followers while performing a religious ritual peculiar...
Rights court fines Turkey over lifting parliamentary immunity of pro-Kurdish MP
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has fined Turkey for violating the freedom of expression of Filiz Kerestecioğlu, a pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party...
Turkey does not investigate or prosecute journalistic activities: diplomatic response to UN
In its official response to a joint UN letter on the retrial of the country’s Reporters Without Borders (RSF) representative and journalist Erol Önderoğlu, the Turkish...
Turkey marked highest number of threats and attacks against women journalists in first quarter...
Turkey marked the highest number of threats and attacks against female journalists in the world in the first quarter of 2021, according to a...
Bar association challenges controversial police regulation at top court
The Ankara Bar Association has taken to court a controversial regulation issued by the country’s Security General Directorate last week ordering police officers to...
Police raid mosque to disperse members of anti-gov’t religious group in SE Turkey
Turkish police on Monday raided a mosque in the southeastern province of Gaziantep and detained eight followers of an anti-government religious group who wanted...
Human Rights Association demands Turkish authorities immediately release sick, elderly woman from prison
The Human Rights Association (İHD) said in a statement from their YouTube channel that an imprisoned elderly woman, 75-year-old Fatma Güler, should be immediately...
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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...
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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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...