Turkish police batter Saturday Mothers in 704th week demonstration
The Saturday Mothers, who have been fighting for 23 years to have the fate of relatives who disappeared while in the custody of security...
Germany: Turkish gov’t has demanded extradition of 81 people since coup attempt
The Turkish government has demanded the extradition of 81 people since a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016, Deutsche Welle reported on Monday.
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Turkish gov’t-linked Osmanen Germania named in murder plot in Denmark
Osmanen Germania, a criminal gang with close ties to Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, reportedly played...
Columnist claims Turkey’s ruling AKP’s former deputy had drug lord released pending trial
In an article that appeared in the Habertürk newspaper on Wednesday, columnist Fatih Altaylı claimed that a former Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy...
Pro-gov’t Turkish satire magazine deletes provocative cartoon upon public outcry
Pro-government Turkish satirical magazine Misvak has removed a cartoon depicting Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ultranationalist ally Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)...
Pro-Erdoğan lawyers file criminal complaint against US officials on terror charges
A group of pro-Erdoğan lawyers in Turkey have filed what appears to be a frivolous criminal complaint on terror charges against prominent names in...
Turkey to end state of emergency commission mandate in early 2023
The Turkish government will at the beginning of 2023 terminate the operations of a commission it set up to examine complaints from individuals who...
Turkey’s autocratic President Erdoğan’s spying, profiling expands in Norway
Two more Norwegian NGOs with links to Turkish government were involved in what appears to be illegal profiling and surveillance of critics and opponents...
EP’s Harms calls on ECtHR to immediately process complaints of Turkish journalists Sabuncu, Şık
Rebecca Harms, spokeswoman for foreign affairs and expert on Turkey in the European Parliament’s Greens/EFA group, on Thursday called on the European Court of...
Turkish court sentences renowned academic Laçiner to more than 9 years in prison over...
Prominent Turkish academic and political scientist Prof. Dr. Sedat Laçiner, who was arrested in the wake of a controversial coup in Turkey on July...
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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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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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