Erdoğan’s henchman threatens exiled Turkish journalists with extrajudicial killings
Former speechwriter and a favourite henchman of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and current ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Aydın Ünal...
Turkish soldier torturing a kitten detained following widespread outrage
Following the footage of a cat being tortured by a Turkish Armed Forces soldier has drawn widespread outrage on social media, perpetrator of the torture,...
Graham Fuller rejects Turkey’s claims of involvement in coup plot
Retired CIA official, Graham Fuller, dismissed accusations by Turkey that he was involved in the failed coup attempt last year following an arrest warrant...
Turkish gov’t detains US witness Reza Zarrab’s three employees in İstanbul
Three employees of Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab were detained as part of the Turkish government’s latest response to the businessman’s guilty plea in...
Jailed Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel taken out of solitary confinement
Imprisoned Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel has reportedly been taken out of solitary confinement. Germany's Minister of Justice, Heiko Maas said that “Finally some things...
Turkish gov’t detained 664 people over alleged links to Gülen movement in a week
At least 664 people were detained as part of Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement over...
COMMENTARY — Carl Bildt’s love affair with Turkey’s dictator
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The fallout from the damaging revelations made by former national security adviser Michael Flynn as part of an investigation by Special Counsel...
CHP chair Kılıçdaroğlu gives Turkey’s Erdoğan a deadline to expose facts on Zarrab
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said he would give Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan until Tuesday to...
Turkish gov’t detains an interpreter of US troops in Turkey over alleged links to...
An another Turkish citizen who used to work for American official entities in Turkey was detained over his alleged links to the Gülen movement...
Turkish gov’t trustee shuts down Kurdish-language audio library for disabled children
A Kurdish-language audio library, opened specifically for disabled children in 2014, has been shut down after the government seized the administration of the Diyarbakır...
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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...
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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
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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