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Turkey’s AKP gov’t is blamed for poor human rights record detailed in EU 2021 report

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has come under fire in the aftermath of an annual report released by the European Commission on...

Turkish Foreign Ministry characterizes ambassadors’ Kavala call as an ‘ultimatum’

Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgiç on Thursday slammed a call made by 10 ambassadors to the country for the release of a Turkish...

Turkey begins sharing financial information of its expat citizens with 5 countries

Turkey has started to exchange information on the financial accounts of Turkish citizens living in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Austria under a...

Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abduction, Rendition and Forcible Return of Erdoğan Critics

The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) on Thursday released its latest report, “Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abduction, Rendition and Forcible Return of Erdoğan Critics,” a...

Documentary filmmaker standing trial for allegedly insulting President Erdoğan

Oktay İnce, a documentary filmmaker and activist, appeared in court on Tuesday for the first hearing in his trial for insulting Turkish President Recep...

Turkey will continue to inform Nigerian authorities about Gülenist activities, Erdoğan says

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday highlighted the importance of the common fight against terrorism during a press conference in Nigeria, stating that...

Erdoğan adding more luxury cars to his fleet amid Turkey’s financial woes

At a time when people are finding it harder to make ends meet due to the rising cost of living in Turkey, the presidency...

At least 55,000 COVID-19 deaths in Turkey went unregistered: report

In a development that casts further doubt over the transparency of Turkey's reporting of its coronavirus cases, a recent report from a leading medical...

Turkey aiming to increase capacity of its prisons to 500,000 by 2024, says opposition MP

The Turkish government is working to increase the capacity of its prisons to 500,000 by 2024, said Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a human rights defender...

Counterterrorism measures increasingly diverging from human rights standards, UN special rapporteur warns

Efforts to improve counterterrorism measures around the world are damaging human rights and the rule of law, a UN expert told the UN General Assembly,...

Political prisoners considered ‘dangerous inmates’ in Turkey’s jails

Cevheri Güven According to data released by Turkey’s Justice Ministry, a total of 1,576,566 people faced terrorism-related investigations between 2016 and 2020. Among those jailed...

Turkey cannot be considered a safe country for migrants and asylum seekers, says MEP Tineke Strik

Member of the European Parliament Tineke Strik said in an interview with the Stockholm Center for Freedom that Turkey cannot be considered a safe...

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