Turkey’s Constitutional Court says Sivas massacre convict eligible for parole
The Constitutional Court of Turkey has paved the way for the release of a person convicted of involvement in a deadly arson attack on...
Civil servant abducted by Turkish intelligence forced to testify against opposition deputies while in...
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a deputy from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), said during budget talks on Friday that a man who was abducted and...
Turkey’s main opposition CHP’s jailed deputy Berberoğlu quits medication in protest
Enis Berberoğlu, a jailed deputy from Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has refused to take medication he has been prescribed in protest...
State-run bank cancels client’s credit card due to dismissal from state job in post-coup...
Turkey’s state-run Halkbank has admitted that it canceled a credit card last year due to the fact that the owner of the card was...
Turkey extends state of emergency for 4th time
The Turkish Parliament has extended for three more months a state of emergency declared in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in Turkey...
Turkish gov’t detains wives of 13 jailed police chiefs over alleged links to Gülen...
Turkish government, on Monday, has detained the wives of 13 deputy police chiefs who were dismissed from their duties following the incrimination of then-Prime...
Turkish court orders seizure of exiled journalist Can Dündar’s assets
Exiled Turkish journalist Can Dündar (54) was stripped of his assets and declared a fugitive by an Istanbul court on Wednesday, Turkish media reported.
The...
10 arrested for providing food and assistance to families of jailed Gülen followers
Ten out of 33 people who were detained in the western Turkish province of Manisa in early July have been arrested for providing aid...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 46 military officers over alleged Gülen links
The Turkish government issued detention warrants for 46 military officers in 17 provinces across Turkey on Thursday as part of its massive post-coup witch...
54.4 pct of Turks are against opening borders to Afghan refugees
A total of 54.4 percent of Turks are against opening borders to Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban and think a possible open-door policy would...
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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
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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...