Medical school in Turkey refuses to publish scientific study due to references to evolution...
An academic article of a medical doctor from Turkey’s Marmara University Medical School has been denied by the faculty management who said it would...
Erdoğanist columnist says he can instruct Doğan media boss to fire all critical Hürriyet...
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A staunchly Erdoğanist Sar daily columnist Cem Küçük targeted journalists at the Hürriyet newspaper as well as the Doğan media group on Friday, saying...
OSCE: Detention of hundreds in Turkey for expressing dissenting views on military operation in...
Harlem Désir, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media, has turned to the authorities of Turkey...
Turkey’s President Erdoğan, PM Yıldırım vow to annihilate followers of Gülen movement
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Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım have vowed on Wednesday evening to annihilate every each member of the Gülen movement...
Hunger striking educator Özakça’s mother detained by Turkish police in Ankara
The mother of Semih Özakça, a primary school teacher who went on a hunger strike after he was fired by government decree under the...
Reactions mount to assault of Erdoğan protestors by Turkish security
Turkish security officials were part of an assault on demonstrators protesting outside the Turkish ambassador’s residence on Tuesday according to two law enforcement sources,...
Terrorists who attacked in Stockholm and St. Petersburg deported by Turkey
It is reported that the suspects of the most recent terrorist attacks in Stockholm, capital city of Sweden and in Russia's popular city St....
CHP members stabbed trying to halt attack on HDP campaign booths ahead of Turkish...
The members of Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) members were stabbed on Saturday evening while trying to halt an attack on pro-Kurdish...
Armenian church in İstanbul trashed by Turkish nationalists
The Surp Takavor Armenian Church in the Kadıköy district of İstanbul was the victim of a nationalist attack overnight, Cumhuriyet reported.
According to the report,...
Stockholm Center for Freedom calls on Malaysia to stop persecuting Turkish nationals
Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF), a monitoring group on rights violations in Turkey, remain highly concerned on the pattern of abductions, detentions and forcible...
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The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today released its latest report, “Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression,” which reveals how...
The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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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
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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...