Turkey detained at least 668 in NATO summit crackdown, jailed 179: report
At least 668 people were detained across Turkey in raids and protests surrounding NATO’s July 7-8 summit in Ankara, while 179 were jailed pending...
Turkish parliament censors MPs speaking minority languages
Several MPs who attempted to mark UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day on Wednesday by giving speeches in minority languages in Turkey’s parliament were censored...
Veteran Turkish columnist Ahmet Turan Alkan: I cannot lick the knife that is cutting...
Veteran Turkish columnist and prominent political scientist Ahmet Turan Alkan, who used to write for the Zaman newspaper, at one time Turkey’s most highly circulated...
Kurdish mayor ousted by Turkish authorities dies in exile in Germany at 72
Hasan Basri Fırat, a former Kurdish mayor who was removed from office in 2016 and later left Turkey amid a government crackdown on Kurdish...
36 women killed by men, 17 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in...
Thirty-six women were murdered by men in Turkey in February, and 17 more died under suspicious circumstances, the Evrensel newspaper reported on Monday, citing...
Turkish journalists ‘forgotten in Silivri Prison’ say they expect justice
"We are forgotten journalists in Silivri Prison,” said a group of Turkish journalists who are being held in İstanbul's Silivri Prison as part of...
Turkey blocked access to at least 659 online items linked to Pride events, NATO...
Turkish authorities blocked access to at least 659 online accounts, posts, mobile applications and websites related to İstanbul Pride events and protests against a...
MP calls on Germany to stop arms exports to Turkey due to its attacks...
Gökay Akbulut, a member of the German parliament from the Left Party, has called on the German government to stop exporting arms to Turkey...
Second issue of SCF’s weekly newsletter is online
“Turkey Human Rights Dispatch” is the Stockholm Center for Freedom’s (SCF) weekly newsletter. Every Wednesday we share with you the latest developments in the field of...
Retired Turkish admiral detained over remarks evoking coup-era rhetoric
Turkish police detained retired admiral Türker Ertürk on Monday over a social media video in which he said the government would change “painfully or...
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