15.3 mln people require humanitarian assistance in Syria: UN official
A staggering 15.3 million people require humanitarian assistance throughout Syria, representing nearly 70 per cent of the country’s population, said Ghada Eltahir Mudawi, deputy director of...
8-months-pregnant woman claims she was severely beaten by police in Şırnak
Eight months pregnant Hatice Baykara, 28, has claimed she was severely beaten by police officers during a raid on her home on Friday in...
VIDEO — Turkish women say husbands detained in Malaysia cannot be linked to ISIL
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The wives of three Turkish men who were detained by Malaysian police in Kuala Lumpur last week have said their husbands are not Islamic...
Thousands of Turkish citizens seek asylum in US through Mexico: report
Some 33,000 Turkish citizens fleeing Turkey have entered the United States via the Mexican border over the past 18 months and are trying to...
Disabled girl forced to leave special needs school due to father’s links to Gülen...
Nurefşan Ketenci, 16, a young girl with major disabilities who had been forced to leave a public special needs school in Turkey because her...
Turkish court arrests 24 workers for protesting İstanbul airport construction conditions
A Turkish court on Wednesday arrested 24 workers for going on strike to protest deaths and working conditions on the construction site of İstanbul’s...
Police prevent Trans Pride March in İstanbul’s Taksim, briefly detain 10
Turkish police prevented LGBTI+ people from holding a demonstration in İstanbul’s Taksim Square on Sunday and briefly detained 10 of the participants based on a...
Rights organizations condemn racist attack against Kurdish family in Konya
The Human Rights Association (İHD) and the Turkey Human Rights Foundation (TİHV) on Saturday condemned what they described as a horrifying racist attack against...
Turkish television watchdog fines TV channel due to smoker, alcoholic cat character
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has fined the Kanal D television channel for airing a Turkish animation movie “Şerafettin the Bad Cat,”...
Turkey investigates social media posts on possible refugee riots similar to France
Turkish prosectors are investigating social media messages posted by Turkish politicians, journalists and commentators discussing the possibility of a refugee riot in the country...
Latest Reports
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's 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
The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) has released its latest report, “Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey,” a study that...
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...
Rule of Law(lessness) in Erdoğan’s Turkey: Violation of the principle of legality and no...
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This report focuses on how the criminal prosecutions and trials conducted on charges of terrorism since a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016...
Human rights in Turkey: 2021 in review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2021. Increasing pressure on the...