Jailed Turkish journalist Büşra Erdal: Thanks God, birds not forbidden to visit me
Jailed Turkish journalist and writer Hanım Büşra Erdal has said in a letter sent from her prison ward in İstanbul that she has been waiting...
Turkey’s opposition leader shares Turkish intel report warning Erdoğan about Zarrab in April 2013
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Tuesday shared an intelligence report showing that Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Turkey’s 768 senior public servants, families claimed asylum in Germany
Germany’s immigration office has received asylum applications from 260 Turkish diplomatic passport holders and 508 “service passport” holders since the failed coup attempt on...
Turkish gov’t detains 10 judges, prosecutors, lawyers and more over alleged Gülen links
Turkish government has detained 10 judges, prosecutors and lawyers who were removed from their jobs over their alleged ties to the Gülen movement on...
Turkish police torture brother of a human rights lawyer in Southeast Anatolia
A Turkish human rights lawyer has reported the torture of his brother under custody of anti-terror police in the southeastern city of Şanlıurfa, Cumhuriyet newspaper reported on...
Reza Zarrab says he paid bribes to get out of Turkish jail after Dec....
Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader, who has been testifying at the trial of a Turkish bank executive in a New York federal court,...
At least 170 workers die in workplace accidents across Turkey in November
At least 170 workers died in workplace accidents across Turkey on November 2017, according to a report by Bianet on Monday. Statistics by the...
Jailed visually impaired Turkish journalist still lack of lawyer to take assistance for his...
A letter sent by visually impaired Turkish journalist Cüneyt Arat, who was sent to prison last July due to his alleged links to the...
Peace declaration academics’ trial in Turkey begins on Tuesday
Trial begins on Tuesday in an İstanbul court for more than 150 academics who signed a peace declaration in early 2016 criticizing the Turkish...
Turkish court rules to keep jailed journalist Baransu in prison
An İstanbul court on Monday ruled to keep in prison former Taraf daily journalist Mehmet Baransu, who was jailed in March 2015 after he...
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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
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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.
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