Turkey’s largest trial of journalists opens on Monday
The first trial hearing is set to start on Monday against 30 leading journalists and newspaper executives in the case where the prosecutor demands...
Carlos Latuff: Erdoğan drags Turkey into a dictatorship in broad daylight
"(Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip) Erdoğan has been dragging Turkey into a dictatorship in broad daylight, before the eyes of the world," said the...
Turkish twitter user says wrong person jailed for provocative hashtag
A popular Twitter user posting under the name “JeansBiri” tweeted on Friday that a man who was arrested last November for allegedly starting a...
Turkish government releases French journalist Loup Bureau from jail
French journalist Loup Bureau has been released from jail, his lawyer said on Friday. "We are pleased to announce the release of journalist Loup Bureau. He...
UN, Int’l organizations become party before ECtHR in cases of journalists jailed by Turkey
United Nations (UN), international rights organizations, Council of Europe will become party in the cases of the arrested journalists in Turkey before the European...
Turkey detains journalist Özbek for allegedly insulting Erdoğan
Gökhan Özbek, a freelance journalist and an outspoken critic of Turkey’s post-coup human rights abuses, was detained on Thursday for allegedly insulting Turkey's autocratic...
Turkey arrests photo-journalist Çağdaş Erdoğan due to his journalistic works
Turkey has arrested Turkish photo-journalist Çağdaş Erdoğan on Wednesday after 12 days of detention due to the photographs he has taken and the news...
Members of European Parliament call EU to take harsher stance against Turkish government
Members of European Parliament (EP) have slammed Turkish government's anti-democratic policies and massive human rights violations in the country during a plenary session to...
Deputy parliament speaker: West formed ‘crusader alliance’ against Turkey
Turkish Deputy Parliament Speaker and Adıyaman deputy Ahmet Aydın has claimed that Western countries have joined forces to form a “crusader alliance” against Turkey...
EP’s Piri: Turkish people deserve our solidarity in difficult times
Kati Piri, the European Parliament’s rapporteur for Turkey, said on Tuesday the situation in Turkey continues to be worrying and Turkish people deserve the...
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The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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
The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today released its latest report “Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review,” which highlights the most important developments...
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
The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today released its latest report, “Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan 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
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...