Little girl cries out for help for jailed mom, missing dad in Turkey
An 11-year old Turkish girl has pleaded for the release of her mom who was jailed in Turkey as a hostage on false charges...
841 prisoners in critical health conditions kept in jails across Turkey
841 prisoners are kept in Turkish jails despite of their critical health conditions, according to recent figures shared by Turkey’s Justice Ministry.
Justice Ministry revealed...
Amnesty International launches urgent action for 3 Turkish nationals arrested in Malaysia
Amnesty International (AI) has launched an “Urgent Action” for three Turkish men arrested in Malaysia and at the risk of torture. AI has published...
Gülmen and Özakça enter 61st day of hunger strike for reinstatement to their jobs
A university academic and a primary school teacher who were removed from their posts by government decrees in the aftermath of a failed coup...
Pro-gov’t journalist says killing Gülen followers, even their babies a religious obligation
Hüseyin Adalan, a journalist working for a number of pro-government media outlets, has said it is a religious obligation to kill all followers of...
SCF reveals mass torture and abuse in an unofficial detention facility in Turkey’s capital
Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF), a monitoring group for rights violations in Turkey, has received credible reports of mass torture and abuse in an...
66-year-old columnist Bulaç says denied access to books in prison
Under arrest since July 31, 2016, veteran columnist and writer Ali Bulaç has said he is being denied access to books in prison.
A main...
VIDEO — Turkish women say husbands detained in Malaysia cannot be linked to ISIL
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The wives of three Turkish men who were detained by Malaysian police in Kuala Lumpur last week have said their husbands are not Islamic...
Alleged member of PKK taken away from prison by Diyarbakır Police goes missing
An inmate in Diyarbakır D Type Prison, named Afşin Musazade, an alleged member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), was recently taken away...
UN concerned about detention of 3 Turks in Malaysia
The UN Human Rights Office for South-East Asia on Friday expressed serious concern about the arrest in Malaysia of three Turkish nationals on security-related...
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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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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...