UK Home Office report highlights persecution of Gülen movement in Turkey
The United Kingdom Home Office has released an update on its Country Policy and Information Note on the faith-based Gülen movement in Turkey, which...
Albanian PM Rama praises Turkish President Erdoğan’s policies, slams EU
Edi Rama, the prime minister of Albania, has praised the foreign policy pursued by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and harshly criticised the European Union's policy...
More than 3,000 Turkish nationals apply for asylum in Germany this year
More than 3,000 Turkish nationals have applied for asylum in Germany between January and August of 2018, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported on Wednesday.
According...
Turkish businessman with ties to Gülen movement deported from Algeria
N.N.K., a Turkish businessman with alleged ties to the Gülen movement living in Algeria, was deported to Turkey following a joint effort on the...
COMMENTARY — Fukara-Der: Turkey-backed charity funneling European funds to jihadists
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The mushrooming of new Islamist NGOs and foundations in Turkey, especially in border provinces near Syria and Iraq, apparently with the encouragement...
Stockholm Center for Freedom condemns heinous terror attack in Stockholm
Stockholm Center for Freedom is appalled by the terrible and deliberate attack that took place today in the heart of Stockholm. We join Swedish...
Pro-Kurdish HDP’s Demirtaş: Europe has abandoned Turkey’s democratic forces
Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) who has been behind bars since November 2016 and is running as...
Michael Rubin says Zarrab case in US is Turkish President Erdoğan’s nightmare
Michael Rubin, academic and former staff advisor for Iran and Iraq at the Pentagon, has stated that the inclusion of Zafer Çağlayan, as one...
‘I trust Swedish laws to protect me,’ says exiled journalist whose extradition Erdoğan is...
Bülent Keneş, a Turkish journalist living in exile in Sweden, said he is not afraid or worried after hearing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
US stands behind White House statement on Erdoğan-Trump phone call
Despite denials from Ankara, the US State Department on Thursday stood behind a readout released by the White House on Wednesday of a phone...
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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...