Turkish general first tortured as putschist, then released for resisting coup
Air Forces Chief of Personnel Maj. Gen. Cevat Yazgılı was first jailed and tortured for allegedly supporting a controversial coup attempt on July 15,...
Author Erdoğan says imposition of travel ban by Turkish gov’t is psychological torture
Turkish author Aslı Erdoğan, who was released on December 29, 2016 after 132 days in jail due to links to the pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem...
Zühtü Arslan, president of Turkey’s top court, criticized for bowing to Erdoğan
The president of Turkey’s Constitutional Court (AYM), Zühtü Arslan, has been criticized on social media for bowing to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at a...
Referring to talks with Turkey’s Erdoğan, Macron says being world leader not ‘cool’
French President Emmanuel Macron has said being a world leader is not as “cool” as it seems and cited having to speak with Turkey's...
Cartoonist Trivedi portrays 13 people disappeared in Turkey since July 15 coup attempt
Aseem Trivedi, a political cartoonist and free speech activist, has called people all around the world to raise their voices for the disappeared people...
Report: High-ranking Turkish intelligence officer, police chiefs among asylum seekers in Germany
Some high-ranking police chiefs and a member of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) top brass are among asylum seekers in Germany, the Die Welt...
Report: Turkish security forces located prime coup suspect, failed to catch him
Turkish security forces located Adil Öksüz, the prime suspect of a controversial coup attempt last year, when he was trying to flee Turkey but...
Jailed Turkish jurist’s daughter says ostracized by professors, classmates before father’s death
Buket Erdoğan, the daughter of recently deceased ex-judge Mustafa Erdoğan, former member of the Turkish Supreme Court of Cassation, said her lecturers and classmates...
Turkish gov’t jails 10 social media users on terror charges
A total of 10 Kurdish social media users have been sent to prison on charges of “disseminating terrorist propaganda” and “membership in an armed...
Brother of key suspect in Turkey’s controversial coup named top Erdoğan aide
Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Chairman and Sakarya deputy Şaban Dişli, brother of Maj. Gen. Mehmet Dişli, one of the key suspects in...
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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...