Turkish prosecutor demands a total of 335 years in prison for 14 Boğaziçi students
A Turkish prosecutor is seeking a total of 335 years in prison for 14 students who took part in protests against the government-appointed rector...
Administrative court in Turkey reinstates dismissed ‘Peace Academic’
The Ankara 21st Administrative Court on Monday announced its decision to reinstate academic Dinçer Demirkent, who was dismissed from his job by an emergency...
380 people, including 2 minors, mistreated in Turkey in December: rights report
Cases of human rights violations in Turkey in December included 380 incidents of mistreatment, with 86 of them taking place in prisons, according to...
Sweden pauses NATO process due to several incidents in recent weeks, Swedish FM says
Sweden's NATO application process has been "paused" following Turkey's anger over a Quran burning incident and anti-Erdoğan demonstrations in Sweden, Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias...
Sweden’s Foreign Ministry urges Swedes in Turkey to exercise caution due to protests
The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly urged citizens who are living in Turkey to stay updated on developments and avoid large gatherings...
‘US doesn’t take Turkish justice system seriously,’ Barkey says on alleged links to 2016...
American academic Henri Barkey, commenting on allegations of his involvement in a failed coup in Turkey on July 15, 2016, has said the US...
Turkish singer faces 2 years in prison for ‘insulting’ ex-soldier convicted of sexual assault
Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of up to two years for famous singer Melek Mosso on charges of insulting a former soldier...
Jailed mother reunites with son suffering from cancer for half a day
Inmate Gülten Sayın, the mother of 6-year-old Yusuf Kerim Sayın, who is suffering from bone cancer, was allowed to visit her son in the...
Crackdown on the Kurdish Political Movement and Opposition Groups: 2022 in Review
The Turkish government ramped up its crackdown on the Kurdish political movement in 2022 with a view to weakening the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP),...
Turkish intelligence ordered assassination of exiled journalists Bozkurt and Güven, journalist claims
Independent journalist Erkam Tufan Aytav claimed on his YouTube program on Wednesday that a German woman of Turkish origin was ordered by Turkey’s National...
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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...
Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
STOCKHOLM—The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today published its latest report, “Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech...
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's 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.
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Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abuse of asset freezing mechanisms under the pretext of prevention of...
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government’s decisions to freeze assets based on the pretext of preventing the financing of terrorism have...