Survey shows 80 percent of Turkish people back Turkey’s EU membership
Nearly eight out of 10 Turks support Turkey's EU membership bid, new research revealed on Tuesday. The Economic Development Foundation (İKV), an İstanbul-based group that...
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...
An Erdoğanist thug sentenced for threatening a sympathizer of Gülen movement in the Netherlands
Oğuzhan Erkuş, a 19-year-old supporter of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), who threatened to kill Mehmet Demirözcan (32), a sympathizer of the Gülen...
Leyla İmret, a dismissed pro-Kurdish mayor in Turkey, gives speech at CoE
A former mayor of Turkey’s Cizre district in the southeastern province of Şırnak who is being sought on an arrest warrant for alleged terror...
Father of Turkish soldier killed in Afrin turns out to be KHK victim
The father of Turkish soldier Abdullah Taha Koç, who was killed during an ongoing military operation in the Afrin region of Syria, has turned...
Kosovo grants asylum to Turkish educator who escaped MİT abduction attempt
Uğur Toksoy, a Turkish national allegedly affiliated with the Gülen movement, was granted asylum in Kosovo after escaping an attempted abduction by Turkey's National...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrant for prominent US diplomat McGurk
Turkish government has issued a detention warrant for Brett McGurk, US Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State in...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan’s personal war game in Syria using the Turkish military
By Abdullah Bozkurt
US military planners in the Department of Defense long ago made a calculated decision to not trust the regime of Turkish President...
Turkey arrests 5 alleged hackers who hacked Qatar News Agency in May
Five suspected computer hackers have reportedly been arrested in Turkey in connection with a cyberattack on the state Qatar News Agency (QNA) in April,...
EU preparing for Afghans already abroad to try to reach Europe: report
The EU is preparing for an influx of Afghans, by both traditional routes such as Greece via Turkey and new routes such as by...
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...