Turkey demands Sweden silence journalists, shut down news outlet to secure NATO bid approval:...
In the midst of prolonged and deliberately protracted negotiations between Turkey and Sweden concerning Ankara’s endorsement of the Nordic nation’s NATO membership bid, Turkish...
14 years on, family and friends still seek justice for slain journalist Hrant Dink:...
Scores of people on Tuesday continued to call on Turkish authorities to identify all those involved in the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink...
Selective and weak: Critics slam outgoing CoE commissioner’s poor record on Turkey
As Dunja Mijatović’s mandate as the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights came to a close on April 1, rights groups criticized the...
Turkey’s vice president calls purge victims ‘terrorists’
Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay has called the victims of a massive purge of state institutions “terrorists,” accusing opposition parties of having plans for...
Police whitewash Somali restaurant sign in Ankara, claiming colors ‘used by terrorists’
Turkish police on Friday whitewashed the sign of the Somali-owned Saab restaurant in the Kızılay district of Ankara for displaying colors used by Kurdish...
Don’t give up your values out of fear of prison, journalist Altan says
Journalist and novelist Ahmet Altan, who was released from prison in April after more than four years behind bars on charges of involvement in...
Labor Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
Turkey faced a troubling year for labor rights in 2024, with at least 1,897 workers losing their lives in job-related accidents, according to the...
Iranian activist facing deportation from Turkey fears torture and death penalty
Iranian citizen Maryam Shariatmadari, who went to Turkey on a tourist visa after receiving a prison sentence in Iran for protesting, was detained by...
Grup Yorum concert for ‘quake solidarity’ cancelled by local authorities
Folk music band Grup Yorum has said on Twitter that a concert scheduled to take place on July 7 in İstanbul’s Sultangazi district was...
Right violations increase in Turkish prisons as inmates forced to quarantine for months in...
Major violations of prisoners' rights have been occurring in large quarantine cells, where up to 30 inmates are forced to live together for months,...
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...