Jailed journalists refuse to wear uniforms designed for coup suspects in Turkish prisons

Imprisoned journalists from Cumhuriyet and Sözcü daily told members of Turkish press organization who visited them in Silivri jailed on Thursday that they will...

Three more detained for allegedly insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan on social media

Three people were detained in Çorlu district of Turkey's Tekirdağ province on charges of insulting the country's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media on...

CPJ calls on Spain to release journalist arrested on Turkish warrant

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Spanish authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Hamza Yalçın, a writer for the leftist Turkish...

Turkey’s OHAL commission not to accept applications from television stations

The İMC TV, Hayatın Sesi and TV 10 television stations, which were closed under a state of emergency (OHAL) currently ongoing in Turkey, are...

Turkey issues detention warrants for 35 journalists, 9 detained over alleged ByLock use

Turkey has issued detention warrants for 35 more journalists over the alleged use of a smart phone application known as ByLock, the Cumhuriyet daily...

Turkey’s pro-gov’t media target German journalist over interview with opposition leader

Frank Nordhausen‏, an İstanbul-based German journalist, has become the latest victim and target of Turkey’s pro-government media outlets over his interview with the main...

Turkey’s daily Cumhuriyet fires columnist Nuray Mert over ideological differences

Academic Nuray Mert has been fired from the Cumhuriyet daily, for which she has been writing columns since April 2015, for not complying with...

Properties of 4 Turkish media outlets seized from gov’t critic up for sale

Properties belonging to four of the media outlets that the Turkish government seized under post-coup emergency rule have been put up for sale by...

Turkish-Swedish writer detained in Spain upon terrorism charge and insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan

Hamza Yalçın, a Turkish-Swedish journalist and writer was detained in Barcelona upon an international arrest order from Turkey over alleged terrorism and insulting Turkey'e autocratic...

Reactions mount to Turkish PM Bozdağ over his denial of massive twitter arrests

Deputy Prime Minister and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) spokesperson Bekir Bozdağ has been criticized on social media for saying “nobody was arrested...

Stay connected

2,144FansLike
18,510FollowersFollow

Latest Reports

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

Download PDF 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...

Download PDF   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...

Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abuse of asset freezing mechanisms under the pretext of prevention of...

Download PDF 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

Download PDF 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

Download PDF   This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2021. Increasing pressure on the...
Report Cover

Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abduction, Rendition and Forcible Return of Erdoğan Critics

Download PDF   This report focuses on how the Turkish government under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has used extrajudicial and illegal methods for the forcible transfer...