Stockholm Center for Freedom joins the Alliance Against Genocide
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The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) announced today that it has joined the Alliance Against Genocide, an international coalition dedicated to creating the...
Turkish journalists face trial over criticism of nationalist party leader after 4 indictment rejections
A Turkish journalist gave her first defense Wednesday in a trial concerning criticism of Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli after the indictment...
Erdoğan appoints controversial figure as Turkey’s top prosecutor
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has appointed a controversial judge at the Supreme Court of Appeals who was behind a recent crisis between the...
Former Turkish police chief jailed after 2013 investigation given limited water in prison
Former Turkish police chief Ömer Köse, who has been imprisoned since 2014 due to his role in December 2013 graft probes that implicated high-level...
Political interference, prosecutions erode academic freedom in Turkey: report
Political interference in university governance, prosecutions of academics and restrictions on student protests continue to erode academic freedom in Turkey, according to a new...
Inmate with late stage cancer awaiting presidential pardon for 8 months
Yusuf Özmen, an ailing cancer patient who is serving a sentence on conviction of alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, has been awaiting...
Last traces of Ankara’s Jews in peril
The Jewish heritage of Turkey’s capital city, Ankara, which dates back to the 2nd century BC, is faced with destruction as the abandoned homes...
Turkish academic who signed 2016 peace petition reinstated 9 years after emergency-decree dismissal
Turkish political scientist Elçin Aktoprak has been reinstated at Ankara University more than nine years after she was dismissed under a state-of-emergency decree, following...
Activists call for release of ailing 84-year-old inmate
Social media users on Wednesday called on Turkish authorities to release Halil Karakoç, an ailing prisoner who has been kept behind bars even after...
Turkish Embassy in Gabon spied on Erdoğan critics
As part of its massive witch-hunt, the Turkish government used its diplomats in Gabon to profile opponents of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and...
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