COMMENTARY — Turkey deals yet another blow to the anti-ISIL battle
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The declaration of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, ISIS or Daesh by its Arabic acronym) as a “project...
Turkish Airlines stops distributing ‘Heroes’ kits on overseas flights
Following a series of detentions across Turkey of people wearing T-shirts bearing the word “Hero,” an alleged symbol of support for last year’s coup...
Turkey’s ruling AKP member threatens main opposition CHP leader with death
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Emrullah Kavuz, a local member of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has threatened the main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) leader Kemal...
Stockholm Center for Freedom condemns heinous terror attack in Stockholm
Stockholm Center for Freedom is appalled by the terrible and deliberate attack that took place today in the heart of Stockholm. We join Swedish...
Amnesty International’s chief not allowed to visit jailed Turkish human rights defender İdil Eser
Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty was not permitted to visit the Amnesty’s Turkey director İdil Eser, who was jailed on “terrorism” charges two...
Court charges jailed US pastor with attempting to destroy constitutional order in Turkey
A Turkish court on Thursday charged American pastor Andrew Brunson, who was jailed in Turkey in October due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...
Erdoğan aide: It has become clear that Turkey cannot trust NATO allies
Chief advisor to Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and columnist İlnur Çevik on Thursday wrote that US concerns about Turkey’s purchase of an...
Erdoğanist journalist Küçük: Turkish gov’t to abduct Gülen followers in US, Europe
Journalist Cem Küçük, a staunch supporter of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said following "operations in Pakistan and Indonesia", the Turkish intelligence agency...
MHP youth wing chairman says they will take up arms if necessary
Olcay Kılavuz, president of Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) youth wing Grey Wolves (Ülkü Ocakları), said on Sunday that they don’t want tensions in Turkey,...
Secret witness says ISIL running bookstore in Turkey’s Gaziantep province
A secret witness mentioned in an indictment drafted regarding an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack in Gaziantep last year has...
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New report exposes widespread, systematic rights violations in Turkey’s crackdown on the Gülen movement
STOCKHOLM— The Stockholm Center for Freedom today released a new report, “UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights...
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey in 2025, a year marked by continued democratic...
Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression
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This report reveals how the Turkish government has transformed its embassies and consulates into instruments of repression over the past decade. Once seen...
The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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This report examines how children from families targeted in Turkey’s unprecedented post-coup purge have endured the devastating consequences of persecution, social exclusion and...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2024.
Throughout the year Turkey continued...
Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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This report examines the surge of hate speech following the death of Fethullah Gülen, a US-based cleric whose followers have been systematically persecuted...
Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used family punishment against his opponents.
Sippenhaft, also known as...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2023.
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