PACE to watch activities of Turkey’s Diyanet in Europe
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will monitor the activities of Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) in Europe and the...
Turkish gov’t prosecutes 263 people over social media posts in a week
The Turkish government has investigated 320 social media accounts and taken legal action against 263 users over the last week (Oct.1-Oct.8) on accusations of...
Turkish gov’t detains 459 people over links to Gülen movement in past week
The Turkish government detained a total of 459 people last week (Oct.1-Oct.8) as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...
Wife of Şahin Alpay, a veteran journalist persecuted by Turkish gov’t, dies of cerebral...
Fatma Alpay, the wife of veteran Turkish journalist Şahin Alpay, died of a cerebral hemorrhage on Saturday morning.
She will be laid to rest in...
157 people die due to workplace accidents across Turkey in September
One hundred fifty-seven people died in occupational accidents in Turkey in September, according to statistics released by the Occupational Safety and Health Assembly (İSİGM),...
Turkish lawyer Kavili says subjected to ill treatment during incarceration over court defense
Ömer Kavili, a Turkish lawyer who was briefly arrested last week for a defense he gave during a hearing in an İstanbul court, said he...
Turkish President Erdoğan accuses opposition CHP and HDP of siding with Turkey’s enemies
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Erdoğan, who is also chairman of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), slammed both the country's main opposition...
Turkish President Erdoğan: Justice Ministry working on partial amnesty for some prisoners
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday that the Turkish Justice Ministry is considering whether or not to grant a partial amnesty for...
Turkish gov’t detains 137 Kurds over alleged links to outlawed PKK in 2-day operation
Turkish authorities on Saturday detained 137 people in a two-day nationwide operation aimed at the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), according to a report...
Turkish villagers suspect ‘theft’ after 300-year-old bridge disappears
A 300-year-old stone bridge on a creek located in Turkey’s northeastern province of Gümüşhane was noticed to have vanished on Friday by villagers who...
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The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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
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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...
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.
In recent years...