Amnesty International report shows Turkish judiciary used anti-terrorism law to silence critics in 2020
An annual report by Amnesty International on the state of human rights in the world reveals how the Turkish judiciary applies country’s anti-terrorism laws...
Intellectuals call the gov’t to end the state of emergency in Turkey
Renowned Turkish writers, academics, journalists and activists have called on the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government to end a state of emergency, also...
S&D president Pittella to attend HDP Co-chair Demirtaş’s trial in Turkey
Gianni Pittella, President of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) in the European Parliament, is going to start a two-day visit to...
Turkish Atheism Association to close down due to pressure
Turkey’s first atheist nongovernmental organization is preparing to dissolve itself after being targeted by the pro-government media and due to pressure on its members,...
US senator visits jailed Pastor Brunson ahead of trial in Turkey’s İzmir
US Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced on Wednesday that he visited Andrew Craig Brunson, an American pastor who faces 35 years in prison for...
DİTİB parade with Turkish children in uniform with fake guns at mosque in Germany...
A mosque in Herford, Germany, that is under the control of the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) in response to public outrage has removed most...
Turkish court rules for continuation of journalist Mehmet Baransu’s imprisonment
A Turkish court ruled on Friday for the continuation of former Taraf daily journalist Mehmet Baransu's imprisonment after three days of hearings and also...
Woman whose family died fleeing Turkey detained over Gülen links
Gülfem Yeni, whose husband and two children died two years ago in the Aegean Sea while fleeing oppression in Turkey, was detained on Friday...
NBA star Kanter says he fled Indonesia after Turkey’s intelligence pursued him
NBA Oklahoma City Thunder player Enes Kanter, who was briefly detained on Saturday at an airport in Romania upon a request from the Turkish...
Turkish Parliament approves gov’t motion to extend rule of emergency for 5th time
Turkish Parliament has approved on Tuesday a motion send by Turkish government under the rule of autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to extend rule of...
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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.
In recent years...