European rights court poses questions to Turkish gov’t on abysmal conditions of prisons
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has posed a series of questions to the Turkish government about the abysmal conditions of Turkish prisons...
New law to require teachers to undergo security checks prior to employment, raising fears...
An amendment to a previously rejected bill proposed by Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has added teachers to a group of public...
Assyrian priest in Turkey given jail sentence on terror charges
A Turkish court on Wednesday handed down a 25-month prison sentence to an Assyrian priest in southeastern Turkey on charges of aiding the outlawed...
Turkey freezes assets of 377 people, organizations on terror charges
Turkey has frozen the assets of 377 individuals and institutions, including the US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gülen and people with links to the worldwide...
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...
Turkish Twitter users call on authorities to release mother of 11-year-old struggling with leukemia
Turkish Twitter users conducted a hashtag campaign yesterday calling on authorities to release Sabriye Dağdeviren, the mother of 11-year-old leukemia patient Hakan, who is...
Erdoğan ally renews call to shut down Turkey’s top court
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s far-right ally, renewed his call to shut down Turkey’s Constitutional Court (AYM)...
EU chiefs express deep concerns on rights in Turkey to Erdoğan
The European Union’s top two officials said Tuesday they expressed deep concerns about human rights in Turkey in their first meeting in a year...
Student arrested for tweeting support for Kobane protests denied release by Turkish court
Cihan Erdal, 32, a doctoral student at Canada’s Carleton University who has been in jail in Turkey for five months on terrorism-related charges for...
Turkish activists demonstrate in solidarity with Yüksel Street protestors on social media
Turkish activists have come together on social media to show solidarity with the Yüksel Street protestors, a group of former public servants who have...
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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...