Amnesty bill prepared by Turkish president’s ultranationalist ally to pardon over 160,000 convicts
A law proposed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ultranationalist ally the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) could allow for 162,989 convicts to be pardoned,...
Opposition politician sentenced to over 16 years in espionage case
A Turkish court has sentenced opposition politician Metin Gürcan, a prominent defense analyst and co-founder of the Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA), to more...
1,734 arrested, 18,000 on detention list on terror propaganda charges on social media
A total of 1,734 people have been arrested since a failed coup attempt on July 15 while 18,194 others on a detention list on...
Turkish court freed 3 alleged ISIL members accused of kidnapping Yazidi girl: report
Earlier this year a Turkish court released from pretrial detention three alleged members of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) who...
Turkish court rejects Yücel’s demand for damages arising from imprisonment
A Turkish court has rejected a German-Turkish journalist’s request for compensation for his yearlong imprisonment in Turkey, The Associated Press reported.
Deniz Yücel, a correspondent...
Turkey continues spying on Gülen followers, PKK supporters in Germany: report
Turkey’s intelligence services continue to operate in Germany, focusing primarily on spying on followers of the faith-based Gülen movement and supporters of the outlawed...
Turkey Purge: 3,158 detained, 1,127 jailed in past 30 days over coup charges
A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down, taken...
PACE reopens monitoring process against Turkey
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has decided to reopen a monitoring process against Turkey on Tuesday over substantial backslide on...
Patreon closes account of exiled journalist over threat by Turkish gov’t
Patreon has blocked the account in Turkey of Kamil Maman, an exiled Turkish journalist in Canada, after the Turkish government threatened to close Patreon completely...
Turkey saw record high in suicides in 2024 amid ongoing economic turmoil
Suicides in Turkey reached a record high in 2024, according to new data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK), amid widespread financial hardship and...
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...