RSF: Turkey is the world’s biggest jailer of professional journalists
Turkey has moved up three places to 154th in Reporters Without Borders' (RSF) 2020 World Press Freedom Index, which examines the status of press...
In a gruesome case of recidivism, prisoner released under recent amnesty batters his daughter...
A man who was imprisoned for stabbing his wife a year ago murdered his daughter after his release from prison under a recently enacted...
37 int’l NGOs call for release of pretrial detainees in Turkey due to coronavirus...
A total of 37 NGOs from Turkey, Europe and around the world released a joint statement on Friday calling on Turkish authorities to reduce...
Man who benefited from coronavirus amnesty law commits murder in İzmir
A man who was recently released from prison as part of an amnesty law passed by the Turkish parliament to curb the spread of...
Ministry says more than 5,000 TSK members under investigation over Gülen links
The Turkish Defense Ministry has announced that there are ongoing investigations into 5,034 members and staff of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) over their...
80-year-old man interrogated for insulting Turkish president due to his Facebook likes
An 80-year-old man was taken into police custody and interrogated on accusations of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan because he “liked” some posts...
‘Not just coronavirus but injustice also kills,’ jailed journalist says
Büşra Erdal, a jailed journalist struggling with a judicial system that has deteriorated since a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016, said in a...
Turkey’s witch hunt of critics was expanded to Austria
Turkey’s relentless campaign to hunt down critics of the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan abroad reached as far as Austria, documents obtained by...
Members of EP call on European Court of Human Rights to save lives in...
Members of the European Parliament called a bill approved by the Turkish legislature that excludes political prisoners from an amnesty provision “a great disappointment”...
Discriminatory amnesty bill passed by Turkish parliament
The Turkish parliament on April 14 passed an early parole bill that will reduce the inmate population in the country’s overcrowded prisons.
Conceived as a...
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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
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Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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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.
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