Two-thirds of US Senate pushes Turkish gov’t to release American pastor
Sixty-six US senators signed a letter released on Friday urging Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to free an American pastor on trial in Turkey...
COMMENTARY — The US State Department is still confused about Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The US State Department appears to have not fully grasped the gravity of the situation in Turkey in the face of a...
CCBE urges release, medical treatment of detained Turkish lawyer
Antonín Mokrý, president of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), which represents the bars and law societies of 45 countries...
US Human Rights Report: Turkish gov’t restricts int’l travel for tens of thousands of...
The Turkish government has restricted foreign travel for tens of thousands of citizens accused of links to the Gülen movement or involvement in a...
Turkish gov’t wants to veto civil society organisations at the OSCE
The Turkish government has been attempting to veto civil society organisations affiliated with the Gülen movement at the annual meeting of the Organisation for...
Chancellor says Austria will bar Turkish politicians from campaigning on its soil
Austria’s right-wing coalition government will bar Turkish politicians from campaigning on its territory ahead of June elections in Turkey, the chancellor has said, according...
US senators propose sanctions on Turkish officials for ‘hostage-taking’
US Senators James Lankford of Oklahoma and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire on Thursday released a joint statement on their decision to pursue targeted...
Kosovo President Thaci: Arrest of Gülen movement members was wrong
Kosovar President Hashim Thaci in a televised interview with T7 admitted for the first time that the arrest and deportation of six Turkish men...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens of people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained dozens of people across Turkey on Friday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the...
US has ‘concerns’ about Turkey holding fair elections under state of emergency
The United States said on Thursday it had concerns about Turkey’s ability to hold free and fair elections given an ongoing state of emergency,...
Latest Reports
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...
STOCKHOLM—The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) today published its latest report, “Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech...
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...