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Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 2h

Turkey’s religious authority ignores court ruling, re-sanctions imam for refusing to take congregation to Erdoğan rally

Turkey’s religious authority ignores court ruling, re-sanctions imam for refusing to take congregation to Erdoğan rally - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has sanctioned an imam again for refusing to bring his congregation to a 2023 rally for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, despite a court overturning…

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Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 3h

Öcalan urges Turkey to implement ‘right to hope,’ calling it vital for thousands of inmates

Öcalan urges Turkey to implement ‘right to hope,’ calling it vital for thousands of inmates - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Abdullah Öcalan, jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has called on the Turkish government to adopt the “right to hope,” a legal principle allowing prisoners serving life…

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Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 4h

Turkish draft law risks criminalizing LGBTI people, Amnesty warns

Turkish draft law risks criminalizing LGBTI people, Amnesty warns - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Amnesty International on Thursday called on the Turkish government to withdraw a draft law that would introduce prison sentences for LGBTI people and their supporters. The organization says the…

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Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 5h

Turkey seeks to seize crypto wallets, freeze accounts in new judicial reform

Turkey seeks to seize crypto wallets, freeze accounts in new judicial reform - Stockholm Center for Freedom

A new reform package expected to be submitted to the Turkish Parliament in the coming weeks will give prosecutors the authority to seize crypto wallets and freeze bank accounts linked to financial…

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Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 6h

Turkish court sentences social media influencer to prison over X posts

Turkish court sentences social media influencer to prison over X posts - Stockholm Center for Freedom

A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced social media influencer Bekir Aslan to prison for social media posts allegedly “disseminating the propaganda of a terrorist organization,” the T24 news website…

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Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 7h

Turkish authorities should investigate shooting of journalist: CPJ

Turkish authorities should investigate shooting of journalist: CPJ - Stockholm Center for Freedom

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Wednesday urged Turkish authorities to conduct a full investigation into the October 14 shooting of a local newspaper publisher in eastern Turkey and…

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Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 7h

Turkish journalist laid to rest with calls for justice after brutal attack

Turkish journalist laid to rest with calls for justice after brutal attack - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Hundreds gathered in İstanbul on Thursday to bid farewell to journalist and environmental filmmaker Hakan Tosun, who died on Monday after a brutal street attack that colleagues believe was a targeted…

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Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 8h

Turkey’s broadcast regulator to act against YouTube street interviews “driving pessimism”
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Turkey’s broadcast regulator to act against YouTube street interviews “driving pessimism” - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Ebubekir Şahin, chairman of the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), said on Saturday that Turkey’s broadcast regulator will move against YouTube “street interview” channels that it claims…

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Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 9h

Turkey jails elderly man with dementia as deaths mount among Gülen-linked inmates #HumanRights

Turkey jails elderly man with dementia as deaths mount among Gülen-linked inmates - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Turkish authorities on Wednesday imprisoned a 76-year-old man suffering from paralysis and dementia over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, amid a growing number of deaths in recent…

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Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 13h

Purge victim jailed over alleged Gülen links dies of heart attack #HumanRights

Purge victim jailed over alleged Gülen links dies of heart attack - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Ender Gökmen, a former teacher imprisoned over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, died of a heart attack on Tuesday in the eastern province of Erzurum, the TR724 news website reported.…

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Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 14h

Iranian Kurdish dissident in İstanbul dies from gunshot wounds: reports #HumanRightsForAll

Iranian Kurdish dissident in İstanbul dies from gunshot wounds: reports - Stockholm Center for Freedom

An Iranian Kurdish dissident has died after being shot while walking home in İstanbul, Turkish media reported on Wednesday, in what rights groups described as a political assassination, Turkish…

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Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 15h

Turkish prosecutor rejects general’s complaint of torture despite evidence aired publicly #HumanRightsForAll

Turkish prosecutor rejects general’s complaint of torture despite evidence aired publicly - Stockholm Center for Freedom

A Turkish prosecutor has rejected a complaint alleging torture filed by a former lieutenant general who is serving an aggravated life sentence over a 2016 coup attempt, despite images published by…

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Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 16h

Turkey’s top court limits Erdoğan’s economic powers in ruling, citing violation of constitutional rights #HumanRightsForAll

Turkey’s top court limits Erdoğan’s economic powers in ruling, citing violation of constitutional rights - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has annulled a legal provision granting the president sweeping authority to make decisions that directly affect major economic activities, ruling that the measure…

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Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 17h

AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate suspicious death of female student in eastern Turkey #HumanRightsForAll

AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate suspicious death of female student in eastern Turkey - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its far-right ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on Wednesday rejected a parliamentary motion to investigate the suspicious death of…

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Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 18h

Iranian Kurdish dissident in İstanbul dies from gunshot wounds: reports

Iranian Kurdish dissident in İstanbul dies from gunshot wounds: reports - Stockholm Center for Freedom

An Iranian Kurdish dissident has died after being shot while walking home in İstanbul, Turkish media reported on Wednesday, in what rights groups described as a political assassination, Turkish…

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Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 1d

Turkish prosecutor rejects general’s complaint of torture despite evidence aired publicly

Turkish prosecutor rejects general’s complaint of torture despite evidence aired publicly - Stockholm Center for Freedom

A Turkish prosecutor has rejected a complaint alleging torture filed by a former lieutenant general who is serving an aggravated life sentence over a 2016 coup attempt, despite images published by…

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Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 1d

Turkey jails elderly man with dementia as deaths mount among Gülen-linked inmates #HumanRightsForAll buff.ly/cnY67nh

Turkey jails elderly man with dementia as deaths mount among Gülen-linked inmates - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Turkish authorities on Wednesday imprisoned a 76-year-old man suffering from paralysis and dementia over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, amid a growing number of deaths in recent…

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Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 1d

Purge victim jailed over alleged Gülen links dies of heart attack #HumanRightsForAll

Purge victim jailed over alleged Gülen links dies of heart attack - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Ender Gökmen, a former teacher imprisoned over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, died of a heart attack on Tuesday in the eastern province of Erzurum, the TR724 news website reported.…

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Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 1d

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📰 Get the latest updates on human rights, freedom of expression, and rule of law in Turkey — curated and delivered straight to your inbox.
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Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 1d

Turkey’s top court limits Erdoğan’s economic powers in ruling, citing violation of constitutional rights

Turkey’s top court limits Erdoğan’s economic powers in ruling, citing violation of constitutional rights - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has annulled a legal provision granting the president sweeping authority to make decisions that directly affect major economic activities, ruling that the measure…

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Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 1d

AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate suspicious death of female student in eastern Turkey

AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate suspicious death of female student in eastern Turkey - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its far-right ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on Wednesday rejected a parliamentary motion to investigate the suspicious death of…

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Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 1d

Turkey jails elderly man with dementia as deaths mount among Gülen-linked inmates

Turkey jails elderly man with dementia as deaths mount among Gülen-linked inmates - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Turkish authorities on Wednesday imprisoned a 76-year-old man suffering from paralysis and dementia over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, amid a growing number of deaths in recent…

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Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 1d

Purge victim jailed over alleged Gülen links dies of heart attack

Purge victim jailed over alleged Gülen links dies of heart attack - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Ender Gökmen, a former teacher imprisoned over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, died of a heart attack on Tuesday in the eastern province of Erzurum, the TR724 news website reported.…

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Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Our weekly newsletter Turkey Human Rights Dispatch is now on Substack!
📰 Get the latest updates on human rights, freedom of expression, and rule of law in Turkey — curated and delivered straight to your inbox.
📬 Subscribe here: buff.ly/qkfGpVc
#HumanRightsForAll

Stockholm Center for Freedom @stockholmcf.bsky.social · 1d

Turkey tops OECD in youth disengagement, ranks last in Europe for graduate employment #HumanRightsViolations

Turkey tops OECD in youth disengagement, ranks last in Europe for graduate employment - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Nearly one in three young people in Turkey is neither working nor studying, the highest rate among members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), according to the…

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