Tribunal to adjudicate Turkey’s rights record
The Turkey Tribunal, a civil society-led, symbolic international tribunal established to adjudicate recent human rights violations in Turkey including torture, abductions, shortcomings in freedom...
Turkey uses migrants to pressure EU, Austrian minister says: report
Austria’s minister for the European Union and the constitution on Thursday accused Turkey of using migrant flows as a means to pressure the 27-member...
Turkey working with UN refugee agency over returning Syrian refugees: report
Turkey is working with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to repatriate Syrian refugees to Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Sunday, The...
Turkish couple in exile protests enforced disappearances in front of European rights court
A Turkish couple living in Europe started a five-day protest on Wednesday in front of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to draw...
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...
Thousands of undocumented migrants are homeless in Turkey and other EU border countries: PACE
Thousands of undocumented migrants are homeless at the EU's external borders, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey and Belarus, said the Parliamentary...
Greek officials say migrant with gunshot wound found at border with Turkey: report
Greek police patrolling the northeastern land border with Turkey on Thursday found a migrant with a gunshot wound to the leg who was believed...
119 German citizens unable to return to Germany from Turkey
A total of 119 German citizens are not able to return to Germany from Turkey either due to travel bans or because they are...
Turkish-backed militias cut down nearly 1.5 mln trees in Afrin: report
Turkish-backed Syrian militias have cut down nearly 1.5 million trees, including 650,000 olive trees, in the past three years in the Syrian district of...
8 Turkish citizens seek political asylum in Greece: report
Eight Turkish citizens who fled their homeland in a small sailboat have sought political asylum in Greece, Greek media reported.
The boat was traveling to...
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...