Defendant in ‘High School Girls Case’ was subjected to strip-search while in custody, court...
A university student said she was subjected to a strip-search while in custody, according to the court records for the first hearing of what...
Quake fallout inflames refugee tensions in Turkey disaster zone
A Turkish volunteer runs down a pile of rubble, dragging a Syrian man with a bloodied face as last week’s catastrophic earthquake escalates migrant...
19 detained over Nevruz celebration in Ankara
Nineteen people were detained on Monday as part of an investigation over a celebration held in Ankara on March 19 to mark the spring...
612 investigated, 184 detained over building collapses in Turkey quakes
Turkish authorities have launched investigations into 612 people over buildings that collapsed in devastating earthquakes which hit the country’s south on February 6, Justice...
Owner of cafe offering service only in Kurdish detained in SE Turkey
A cafe owner in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır was detained following a police raid on his café after he was targeted on...
Turks file 14,000 asylum applications in Germany in first 5 months of 2024
Turkish nationals have lodged a total of 13,741 first-time asylum applications and 710 repeat applications in Germany, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported on Friday,...
13 OnlyFans content creators detained after tossing dollar bills around central İstanbul
Turkish police have detained 13 content creators from the OnlyFans internet subscription service after public outrage over their tossing dollar bills around central Taksim...
Armored vehicles should not be used in residential areas, says expert following death of...
Security forces must stop using armored vehicles in cities and residential areas, an expert has said, following the demise of Mihraç Miroğlu, 7, who...
European journalists associations slam Turkey’s efforts at silencing Sweden-based critics
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the Swedish Union of Journalists have released a joint statement criticizing Turkey for its attempts to have...
Torture and intimidation in a Turkish detention center: Former detainee shares details of harrowing...
Hayati Uysal, a 29-year-old Turkish man who was imprisoned for alleged links to the Gülen movement, has shared his harrowing account of torture in detention that...
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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...
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today released its latest report "Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review," which highlights the most important developments...
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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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Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abuse of asset freezing mechanisms under the pretext of prevention of...
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