Pro-gov’t TV fires reporter who said on hot mic Turkey gained nothing from Erdoğan-Trump...
A Turkish pro-government broadcaster dismissed its Washington correspondent after a hot mic captured him saying that “Turkey gained nothing” from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s...
Turkey again blocks X accounts of pro-Kurdish media outlets
Turkish authorities on Friday blocked access to the new X accounts of the pro-Kurdish Yeni Yaşam daily and the Etkin News Agency (ETHA), the...
CPJ urges Turkey to end prosecution of journalists
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday called on Turkish authorities to halt the prosecution of journalists over comments made on...
Turkish prosecutors launch probe into opposition TV channel over subtitle error involving President Erdoğan
Turkish prosecutors have initiated a criminal investigation into pro-opposition broadcaster TELE1 following a subtitle error that appeared to equate President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with...
Turkey blocks access to Kurdish news agency ANF, citing national security
A court in Turkey has blocked access to the website of the Fırat News Agency (ANF) on the grounds of protecting national security and...
Turkish court accepts indictment against journalist over alleged insults to Erdoğan
An Istanbul court on Thursday accepted an indictment seeking up to 15 years in prison for journalist Furkan Karabay on charges of “insulting the...
Turkey among top violators of press freedom in EU candidate countries: report
Turkey ranked third among European Union candidate countries in press freedom violations in the first half of 2025, with 64 incidents affecting at least...
Turkey blocks access to Grok’s X account, citing national security
Turkish authorities have blocked access to the X account of Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, under a law that...
Turkish journalist receives suspended sentence for reporting on pro-government university official
A Turkish court has handed down a one-year, eight-month suspended sentence to journalist Mehmet Baran Kılıç on charges of “unlawful acquisition and dissemination of...
17 press organizations and rights groups urge Turkey to release journalist Furkan Karabay
Seventeen international press organizations and rights groups have called for Turkey to immediately release journalist Furkan Karabay, who faces a prison sentence of six...
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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
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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...