Report: 10 pro-Erdoğan imams accused of spying fled Germany
Ten of 16 Turkish imams who were accused of spying for the Turkish government on Gülen movement followers in Germany are currently at large,...
German union claims Turkey asked students to spy on Erdoğan critics
A German education union claimed on Thursday that Turkish diplomats in Germany have been urging students from the diaspora to spy on their teachers...
Bill to bar entry of Turkish officials into US clears Senate subcommittee
A subcommittee of the US Senate Committee on Appropriations has passed a spending bill for the State Department that includes a section giving the...
US names Turkish ministers, banks as beneficiaries of sanctions-busting scheme
The US District Attorney’s Office prosecuting the sanctions violation case of Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla in response to a judge’s question said that...
Trump says he is ‘very disappointed’ in Erdoğan over pastor Brunson
US President Donald Trump has said he felt personally let down by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over his refusal to release American pastor...
Syriacs in Turkey considering returning to Europe
Syriacs living in southeastern Turkey are considering moving back to Europe after their assets, including churches were seized by the Treasury, the Gazete Karınca...
US National Security Adviser McMaster: Qatar, Turkey new sponsors of radical ideology
Turkey and Qatar are the new sponsors of radical Islamist ideology in the Middle East, US National Security Adviser General HR McMaster was quoted as...
Turkish-German footballers received by German president after Erdoğan row
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Saturday met with two German football players with Turkish roots who have been at the center of a political...
German politicians slam Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu’s Solingen plan
German politicians have warned that Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu's plan to join a ceremony to commemorate a racist attack that occurred 25 years...
About 40 percent of Syrian children unable to go to school in Turkey
At least 40 percent of 1,623,000 Syrian children, who are refugees, are not going to school in Turkey, according to a report by Turkish...
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...