Turkish gov’t prosecutes 306 people over social media posts in a week
The Turkish government has investigated 624 social media accounts and taken legal action against 306 users over the last week (June 4-June 11), the...
Turkish gov’t detains 492 people over links to Gülen movement last week
The Turkish government detained a total of 492 people last week (June 4-June 11) as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged...
Pro-gov’t daily proud of Turkey’s Erdoğan being described as autocrat
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is among four leaders who are going to save the world according to German weekly Der Spiegel, the pro-government...
Report: Turkish soldiers in Greece remain well-guarded in fear of assassination
The eight Turkish soldiers who were granted political asylum in Greece are kept heavily guarded in an undisclosed army camp as authorities fear a...
German football supporters jeer Gündoğan over meeting with Turkey’s Erdoğan
German national football team player İlkay Gündoğan was booed by supporters during a friendly between Germany and Saudi Arabia in Leverkusen on Friday over...
Council of State member criticises Turkish opposition candidate İnce for headscarf stance
Aysel Demirel, a member of Turkey’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, has criticized Muharrem İnce, presidential candidate of the main opposition Republican...
Thirty-year-old mother detained by Turkish police during her husband’s funeral
Thirty-year-old Esra Çelik was detained by Turkish police on Sunday as she was attending in the funeral of her husband Mehmet Çelik (30), who...
Jailed Gülen sympathisers accused of ‘not supporting Turkish national football team’
A man from Turkey's Iğdır province identified as A.B., who shared a cell with people jailed over alleged links to the Gülen movement, told Turkish...
Turkish TV watchdog fines music station over song by Rihanna
Turkey's state media watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), fined two music stations last week over what it deemed explicit content in the...
Turkish consulates in Germany send Erdoğan propaganda letter to expatriates
As voting continues abroad for the elections to be held in Turkey on June 24, all Turkish citizens registered at the Turkish consulates in...
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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...