Nurse to serve sentence on Gülen link conviction despite severe illness
Havva Dönmez, a nurse struggling with thyroid cancer for the past three years, was imprisoned on Tuesday after an appeals court upheld her six...
Turkey’s Abuse of INTERPOL: How Erdoğan Weaponized the International Criminal Police Organization for Transnational...
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has abused INTERPOL in a number of ways.
The Erdoğan government has...
Presidential decree authorizes State Audit Board to inspect NGOs in Turkey
Turkey’s State Audit Board (DDK) has been authorized by a presidential decree to inspect nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) along with their affiliates and partnerships, the...
Membership in Human Rights Association grounds for dismissal from public service, OHAL commission says
The State of Emergency Procedures Investigation Commission (OHAL Commission) said membership in Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) is a sign of ties to the...
Wife of inmate suffering from thyroid cancer says husband slowly dying in prison
Ayşegül Karaturgut, the wife of inmate Abdülaziz Örpek, who suffers from thyroid cancer, said on Twitter that her husband is dying slowly in prison...
US warns against travel to Turkey due to COVID-19, urges increased caution for arbitrary...
The US State Department warned its citizens on Monday against travel to Turkey due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases and also urged...
Turkish Twitter users call for release of pregnant woman kept in prison despite regulations
Turkish Twitter users launched a hashtag campaign on Sunday calling on authorities to release Huriye Acun, an eight-and-a-half-month-pregnant woman who has been kept in...
Rights violations of Gülen movement members constitute crimes against humanity: report
A report by the Institute for Diplomacy and Economy (INSTITUDE) has revealed that the scale, scope, gravity, intensity and prevalence of human rights violations...
Mother, son demanding justice in political murder case fined for hanging banner
Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar, who have been protesting in front of the Şanlıurfa Courthouse in southeastern Turkey to seek justice for...
Turkish court considers food photo evidence of terrorist activity
A Turkish court sentenced a teacher identified only as F.K. to six years, three months’ imprisonment on conviction of membership in a terrorist organization...
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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
The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today released its latest report “Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review,” which highlights the most important developments...
Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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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.
In recent years...