Turkey marks Youth Day amid widespread youth unemployment
Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day was celebrated on Thursday in Turkey, where 2.3 million young people are unemployed, corresponding to 41 percent of Turks...
RSF: Turkish journalism in the throes of death, European court last hope
Assessing the state of the media in Turkey in a report for the anniversary of a controversial coup attempt in the country on July...
Documentary filmmaker facing terrorism charges released on probation
A Turkish court has released from custody a documentary filmmaker who is facing terrorism charges due to a 2015 documentary on Kurdish militants after...
Eskişehir Governor’s Office bans women from doing yoga in local park
A group of woman in central Turkey's Eskişehir province were banned from doing yoga in a city park by the governor's office amid outrage...
Local journalists increasingly targeted for their work, says professional association
The Contemporary Journalists' Association (ÇGD) released a statement yesterday condemning increasing pressure and attacks on local Turkish journalists following several incidents over the past...
Amnesty says Somali strikes with Turkish drones killed civilians
Twin airstrikes by Somalia’s military using Turkish drones killed 23 civilians, including 14 children, in March, rights watchdog Amnesty International said on Tuesday, calling for an...
Diyarbakır Bar takes legal action over human skeletons found at former JİTEM base
The Diyarbakır Bar Association announced on Thursday that it has started the process to determine the identity of human skeletons found during work at...
Army conscript claims he was beaten for speaking in Kurdish
Çetin Doğan (20), a conscript in the Turkish army, has claimed that he was beaten for speaking in Kurdish during his military service and...
Amnesty calls on Turkey to cease discriminatory practices against Pride protesters
Amnesty International has released a report on the occasion of the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), observed on May 17, urging...
800 Syrians in Turkey return home weekly to undesirable conditions, says UNCHR Turkey representative
Philippe Leclerc, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) representative in Turkey, said approximately 800 Syrians leave Turkey for Syria every week but...
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The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today released its latest report, “Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression,” which reveals how...
The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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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...