Businessman jailed over Gülen links dies of cancer after his belated release from prison
Businessman İsmet Torun, 53, who was diagnosed with stomach cancer during his 38-month incarceration on terrorism charges, died in Ankara on Monday after his...
Appeals court upholds 22-year sentence given to former Kurdish MP
A regional appeals court in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır has upheld a prison sentence of 22 years, three months handed down to...
Turkey issued detention warrants for 84 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish authorities have over the past week ordered the detention of 84 people including lawyers, teachers, active duty and dismissed police officers and former...
Turkey orders hundreds of detentions over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of 279 people in the last five days due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to...
COVID-19 restrictions lead to rights violations in Turkish prisons, bar association and medical chamber...
COVID-19 restrictions that are still in effect in Turkish prisons, despite their elimination elsewhere, lead to serious rights violations, the chairpersons of the İstanbul...
ECtHR condemns Turkey over post-coup arrests of judges and prosecutors
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that Turkey had acted unlawfully by arresting more than 400 judges and prosecutors after...
Turkish court releases 3 suspects in attack on funeral of HDP deputy’s mother
A Turkish court released three suspects on Friday in their first hearing in a case against an attack on the funeral of Hatun Tuğluk,...
CoE submits Kavala case to ECtHR for review, launching infringement procedure against Turkey
The Committee of Ministers, the executive organ of the Council of Europe (CoE), on Thursday decided to take action against Turkey for failing to...
Turkish presidential candidate calls on Erdoğan to release Demirtaş from jail
Muharrem İnce, the presidential candidate for Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), called for the release of Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed former co-chair...
Turkey’s Justice Minister Bozdağ says 50,504 arrested since coup attempt
Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said on Friday that since a controversial coup attempt last July, 50,504 people have been arrested and 168,801 are...
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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
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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.
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