Migrants killed in Evros wildfires victims of ‘two great injustices of our times’: Amnesty...
The death of 19 people believed to have been migrants and refugees in fires in northeastern Greece are victims of two great injustices of...
Elderly man with severe health problems found ‘fit to remain in prison’ by hospital
An ailing 83-year-old man in southeastern Diyarbakır Prison has been given a medical report saying he is fit to remain in prison despite a...
Turkish court acquits gang leader over his ‘we’ll shower in your blood’ threat against...
Sedat Peker, a convicted gang leader and staunch supporter of Turkey's Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was acquitted by a Turkish court on Friday...
Turkey suspends officials, guards over stabbing of political prisoners in eastern province
The Turkish Justice Ministry has suspended two deputy directors and four guards at an Elazığ prison where seven political prisoners were reportedly stabbed by...
In a secret document, Turkey admitted jailing dozens of journalists while sticking to policy...
A secret Turkish government document obtained by Nordic Monitor has revealed that Turkey privately acknowledged it had jailed dozens of journalists even though it...
German gov’t says Turkey has not provided evidence proving Gülen’s involvement in coup
The German government has said Turkey has failed to present documents and evidence to German judicial authorities to prove the Gülen movement’s involvement in...
INTERPOL denied Turkey’s 2014 Red Notice request for Gülen: former official
A former police chief who served for six years as head of the Turkish Police Department’s INTERPOL branch said in an interview with the...
Woman whose family died fleeing Turkey detained over Gülen links
Gülfem Yeni, whose husband and two children died two years ago in the Aegean Sea while fleeing oppression in Turkey, was detained on Friday...
Turkey’s court of appeals declines to halt CHP’s Berberoğlu trial due to re-election
The 16th Chamber of the Supreme Court of Appeals on Friday rejected an application made by lawyers representing jailed Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy...
Court imposes access ban on 26 reports about bribery allegations against prosecutor
A Turkish court has imposed an access ban on 26 news reports concerning bribery allegations made by a mobster against a public prosecutor that...
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The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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
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 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.
In recent years...