Turkey’s Erdoğan claims US has no respect for the law
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday continued targeting the United States over the conviction in a New York court of Turkish banker...
Former Kurdish deputy resigns from pro-Kurdish HDP after comments on ‘Turk leader’
A former parliamentarian for Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has resigned from the party after being criticised by party officials for saying...
Jailed engineer to judge: You will stand trial when democracy comes to Turkey!
A Kocaeli engineer, identified by his initials M.K., has reportedly told the judge in charge that he will stand trial for his decision to...
Turkish government’s new method of diplomatic retaliation: Changing street signs
Turkish government has used e new method of diplomatic retaliation to punish the states that it has tension in bilateral relations: Changing the street...
Erdoğan: Iran sanctions case in US part of a ‘new coup attempt’ against Turkey
The case opened by a New York court against Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla into breaching the US sanctions on Iran, is part of an...
Jailed Turkish columnist Altan challenges: “If they show me a ‘criminal evidence,’ I’ll be...
"If they show me a 'criminal evidence' defined in today's criminal legislation, I will be in jail as long as I live," challenged Mehmet Altan,...
Boğaziçi University students respond to remarks of Turkey’s ‘uncertified dictator’
The students of Boğaziçi University have made a critical response to Turkey’s Islamist authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s statements claiming that Boğaziçi University, one...
COMMENTARY — Turkish Spy Imams 2.0 coming up
By Abdullah Bozkurt
European governments’ increased scrutiny of Turkish imams who were dispatched by Ankara to serve diaspora groups amid embarrassing revelations of pervasive and...
Armed attackers target Kurdish football player Deniz Naki in Germany
Unknown assailants targeted Deniz Naki, a German footballer of Kurdish origins, who is known for his critics against Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
Erdoğan again sues Turkey’s main apposition leader over alleged ‘insult’
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has sued Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for allegedly “insulting the presidential office”...
Latest Reports
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's 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
The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) has released its latest report, “Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey,” a study that...
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.
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Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abuse of asset freezing mechanisms under the pretext of prevention of...
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government’s decisions to freeze assets based on the pretext of preventing the financing of terrorism have...
Rule of Law(lessness) in Erdoğan’s Turkey: Violation of the principle of legality and no...
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This report focuses on how the criminal prosecutions and trials conducted on charges of terrorism since a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016...
Human rights in Turkey: 2021 in review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2021. Increasing pressure on the...