Turkish captain suspended over links to Gülen movement allegedly commits suicide
Yet one more suspicious death has been added to the long list of suicides and suspicious deaths witnessed following a controversial coup attempt on...
Turkish gov’t furious over harshest report ever released by EU on Turkey
The Turkish government led Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is furious over a report released on Tuesday by the European Commission that is the most critical...
Turkish gov’t detains 16 colonels over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government on Wednesday detained 16 colonels on active duty at the Turkish Air Forces Command and the Turkish Naval Forces Command as...
US President Trump in a tweet calls on Turkish gov’t to release Pastor Brunson
US President Donald Trump in a tweet on Tuesday urged the Turkish government to free Pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been jailed since October...
Kosovo bank reportedly freezes accounts of alleged followers of Gülen movement
As a new stage of persecution of Turkish nationals affiliated with the Gülen movement in line with the oppression of Turkish government led by...
Afghan-Turk school raided by Turkish diplomats, soldiers in Afghanistan’s Mazar-e Sharif
A group of Turkish diplomats led by Turkish Consul General Şevki Seçkin Alpay together with dozens of Turkish soldiers and Afghan military police officers...
EP’s rapporteur for Turkey: European Commission failed to send clear message to Erdoğan
Kati Piri, the European Parliament’s rapporteur for Turkey, on Tuesday criticised the European Commission for not sending a clear message to President Recep Tayyip...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan asks Muslim minorities to dominate, rule majority
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Tapping on huge financial and human resources available for the use of the Turkish government’s religious arm, Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens of people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained dozens of people, including police officers, across Turkey on Tuesday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged...
Report by European Commission urges Turkish gov’t to lift state of emergency without delay
The European Commission has stated in it 2018 report on Turkey that the Turkish government should lift an ongoing state of emergency without delay...
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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
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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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...