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54.3 percent of people in Turkey believe they are discriminated against due to their political views

A total of 54.3 percent of people in Turkey believe they are discriminated against because of their political views, the Stockholm Center for Freedom...

Municipality fires worker for posting photo of jailed Kurdish leader

A municipality in northwestern Turkey, run by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has fired a janitor for posting a photo on social...

Discrimination against Roma in Turkey increased during the pandemic: report

A recent report drafted by Boğaziçi University researchers reveals that discrimination against the Roma community in Turkey increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Stockholm Center...

Turkey’s immigration authority to deport 45 Syrians over ‘banana’ videos

Forty-five Syrian refugees who were detained after sharing videos on social media showing them eating bananas in an effort to condemn racism and discrimination...

11 Syrian refugees face deportation over ‘banana’ videos protesting discrimination

Eleven Syrian refugees who were detained after sharing videos on social media showing them eating bananas in an effort to condemn racism and discrimination...

Roma conscript dies under suspicious circumstances following hate speech by his commander

Caner Sarmaşık, 20, a conscript who was being targeted for being a Roma, died allegedly by suicide while on guard duty on April 29,...

New law to require teachers to undergo security checks prior to employment, raising fears of discrimination

An amendment to a previously rejected bill proposed by Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has added teachers to a group of public...

Guests or enemies? Syrian refugees in Turkey after 10 years

Alin Ozinian The Syrian civil war has brought the largest world refugee and displacement crisis of our time, with extensive deaths, displacement and destruction. The...

Women as spacefarers: Turkey’s Erdoğan has doubts about it

Remarks by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressing doubt about women’s competence as spacefarers when unveiling the country’s national space program on Feb. 9...

Turkish Health Ministry allegedly singled out villages as ‘Alevi’ on map

The Turkish Ministry of Health has allegedly been using a map of northern Tokat province on which Alevi villages appear to be clearly marked,...

Female journalists in Turkey face discrimination and harassment at work, says media association

Female journalists in Turkey face problems at work, ranging from unequal pay to sexual harassment, most frequently seen in local media outlets, the Stockholm...

70 percent of Kurdish youths face discrimination, research shows

Seventy percent of Kurdish youths in Turkey encounter discrimination in their daily lives, according to joint research conducted by the Rawest Research Center, the...

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