US includes Turkey among countries flagged for high risk of kidnapping
The US State Department has added a new indicator to its travel advisories to flag the high risk of kidnapping in 35 countries around...
300 purge victim judges, prosecutors barred from obtaining law licenses: report
Three hundred judges and prosecutors who were dismissed by the Turkish government but also acquitted or cleared of charges of membership in terrorist organizations...
Purge victims denied mandate by Turkey’s Supreme Election Board
Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) has announced that candidates who were elected as mayors during local polls held on March 31 will not be...
Jailed woman forced to go through labor for two days in handcuffs
A pregnant woman who was jailed due to her links to a radical, leftist organization in Turkey was forced to go through labor for...
Turkey has arbitrarily jailed hundreds of lawyers since 2016 coup: report
Turkey has been arbitrarily jailing hundreds of lawyers and putting them on trial in the aftermath of the country’s failed military coup in July...
New mayor bans municipal aid to refugees
A newly elected mayor in Turkey’s Bolu province from the ranks of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) banned the giving of municipal...
Journalist sentenced to prison for press statement in 2015
Sezgin Kartal, a reporter for ABC Gazetesi and a former member of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) party council, was sentenced Thursday to...
European rights court orders Turkey to compensate citizen held in police custody when he...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Turkey to pay compensation to a Turkish citizen who was taken into police custody when...
Wives of police chiefs who exposed Erdoğan family’s corruption sentenced to 6 years in...
A total of 12 people including the wives of a number of former police chiefs who led corruption and bribery operations against the government...
Body of missing university student found in Evros River
The body of 21-year-old Mahir Mete Kul, who went missing on March 24 when the boat carrying him capsized, was found in the Evros...
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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
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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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