Jailed Turkish journalist Altan: No true prosecutor, judge, lawyer can be a tool of...
Renowned Turkish novelist and journalist Ahmet Altan, who has been behind the bars over coup charges for more than 15 months, said on Monday that...
Turkish court sentences main opposition CHP’s deputy Berberoğlu for 5 years in prison
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party's (CHP) jailed deputy Enis Berberoğlu was sentenced on Tuesday to 5 years and 10 months in prison. The...
COMMENTARY — The case of Turkish journalist İbrahim Karayeğen under torture and abuse
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Among all the 250 journalists who are currently languishing behind bars in Turkey under abusive conditions in which torture and ill-treatment are...
Turkish court to give final verdict in coup trial of renowned journalists
An İstanbul high criminal court on Monday began the final hearings in the trial of seven journalists including Nazlı Ilıcak and the Altan brothers...
Pro-Erdoğan TV presenter threatens Cumhuriyet daily over Afrin story
Yusuf Ozan, a presenter for the pro-government Akit TV, on Sunday targeted the Cumhuriyet daily over a story it ran on the Afrin operation...
Female journalists say Turkish police beat them, threatened rape during raid
A group of journalists said Turkish police beat them and threatened them with rape during a raid on the office of a pro-Kurdish newspaper...
No freedom of speech in Turkey even for the robots
A robot, that interrupted the speech of Ahmet Arslan, Turkish Minister of Transport and Communications, during a technology event in Ankara, was first silenced...
European Parliament strongly condemns human rights violations in Turkey
A large majority of the European Parliament (EP) has adopted a resolution on the human rights situation in Turkey, emphasizing the structural problems that...
Tea house in Turkey’s Erzurum temporarily closed over Kurdish-language song
A tea house in Turkey’s eastern province of Erzurum was banned due to Kurdish-language songs played in the café, according to media.
Mezopotamya news agency...
Turkish gov’t detains teacher couple after speaking out in an interview broadcasted by Finland’s...
A Turkish teacher couple, identified as Serdar A. and Merve A., were detained after Turkish authorities found out that they had spoken against the...
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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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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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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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