Top court finds reduced sentence for man who killed woman for rejecting proposal ‘reasonable’
A board at the Supreme Court of Appeals has found the reduction of a sentence given to a man who was convicted of the...
13 participants in Women’s Day’s march in İstanbul detained on Erdoğan insult charges
Turkish police have detained 13 women including a minor who took part in a march to mark International Women’s Day on March 8 in...
20 women killed by men, 22 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in...
Twenty women were murdered by men in Turkey in September and another 22 died under suspicious circumstances, the We Will Stop Femicide Platform reported.
Of the...
Main opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu vows to reinstate Istanbul Convention
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has pledged to reinstate the Istanbul Convention, an international treaty to combat violence against women,...
22 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in June
Twenty-two women were murdered by men in Turkey last month, while 27 died under suspicious circumstances, according to data from the We Will Stop Femicide Platform...
29 women in Turkey killed in domestic violence in November: Platform Against Femicide
A total of 29 women in Turkey have been killed in incidents of domestic violence and 10 women died under suspicious circumstances in November,...
Turkey records 8 femicides in 2 days
A total of eight women were allegedly killed by their family members over the last two days, the Artı Gerçek news website reported on Monday.The accused...
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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...
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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...