Germany’s Green Party co-chair Özdemir: Turkey’s black lists prepared by a police state
Asking Germany to inform its citizens about whether they are blacklisted by Turkey, Cem Özdemir, co-leader of the Green Party in Germany, has said...
Number of complaints over Turkish government’s post-coup dismissals hits 57,340
The number of complaints filed over Turkish government's massive post-coup dismissals has hit 57,340 in August, according to the reports in Turkish media.
More than 150,000...
Turkish coup suspect says he acted thinking putsch was within chain of command
Army Aviation Command Attack Helicopter Squadron Commander Lt. Col. Özcan Karacan, who was recently detained in Antalya over his alleged role in a failed coup...
US refuses Turkey permission to use Pakistani pilots for training Turkish F-16 pilots
The US has rejected a Turkish proposal to use Pakistani pilots for training Turkish pilots for F-16 fighters, the Cumhuriyet daily reported on Monday,...
Maximum pretrial detention in Turkey increased from 5 to 7 years
As thousands of people imprisoned under the country’s sweeping anti-terror laws have been languishing in jail for years awaiting trial, a new decree issued...
İHD: 2,722 killed in Turkey’s Southeast since end of Kurdish settlement process in July...
A report released by the Human Rights Association (İHD) has revealed that 2,722 people have been killed in violence in Turkey’s Southeast since the...
Turkish Deputy PM Bozdağ says German Foreign Minister Gabriel has ‘inferiority complex’
Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ has targeted Germany’s foreign minister Sigmar Gabirel after he offered damning criticism of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip...
A nurse, mother of 7-month-old, commits suicide after purged by gov’t decree in Turkey
Sevgi Balcı, mother of a seven-month-old baby and a nurse who was fired by a government decree in October 2016, committed suicide by hanging...
Jailed police chief Anadolu Atayün’s wife detained by Turkish government
Turkish government has detained Birsen Atayün, the wife of jailed police chief Anadolu Atayün, just days after her 15-year-old son and 17-year-old daughter were...
Turkey releases 3 thousand more convicts to open up space in prisons for witch...
By means of new decrees issued by Turkish government on Friday, three thousand more convicts will be released immediately on probation unless they are...
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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...
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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...