21 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in April
A total of 21 women in Turkey were murdered by men last month, while 23 died under suspicious circumstances, according to data from the We Will...
Police use force to disperse attendees of Pride Week picnic in İstanbul’s Maçka Park
Turkish police used force to disperse a group of people attending a picnic Tuesday in İstanbul's Maçka Park to celebrate Pride Week, Turkish media...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 22 military officers over alleged Gülen links
Turkish government issued detention warrants for 22 military officers on Friday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting alleged members of...
25 detained over alleged Gülen links in a week
Twenty-five people have over the past week been detained on warrants issued by Turkish prosecutors for alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based...
Turkey included on US list of countries implicated in use of child soldiers: report
The United States on Thursday added Turkey to a list of countries that have been implicated in the use of child soldiers over the...
Mass transport of judges to presidential palace casts doubt on judicial independence in Turkey
In a development that cast further doubt over the independence of the judiciary in Turkey, judges and prosecutors from one of the top courts...
Turkish court bans access to 2021 report on internet censorship in Turkey
A Turkish court has banned access to the 2021 annual report of the Freedom of Expression Association’s (İFÖD) EngelliWeb initiative, which focuses on the growing internet...
Counterterrorism police accused of extorting money from wealthy suspects
Four police officers working at the counterterrorism bureau of the Alanya Police Department have been accused of extorting money from wealthy suspects who were...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 102 military officers over alleged links to Gülen...
The Turkish government on Monday issued detention warrants for 102 active duty and dismissed military officers as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt...
177 detained in less than a week as part of crackdown on Kurds ahead...
One hundred seventy-seven people were detained in several investigations in less than a week as part of a crackdown on Kurds ahead of a...
Latest Reports
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
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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...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abduction, Rendition and Forcible Return of Erdoğan Critics
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has used extrajudicial and illegal methods for the forcible transfer...