Private media, like state-run TRT, minimize coverage of Turkish opposition
A recent study on news channels has revealed that not only public broadcaster TRT but also private media have allocated minimal or no airtime...
LGBTI event at İstanbul University canceled over threats, 26 students briefly detained
A picnic scheduled to take place on the Beyazıt campus of İstanbul University as part of LGBTI Pride Week activities was canceled after it...
Operative of Turkey’s Erdoğan in his witch hunt targeting followers of Gülen movement fired...
A Turkish lawyer working for the Dutch government was fired from her job due to her active role in a massive post-coup witch hunt targeting...
İHD says families cannot reach their children in blockaded Koruköy, minister adamant
A report by Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) shows that several families cannot reach their children in the village of Koruköy in southeastern Mardin...
Turkey arrests Kurdish journalist for alleged links to terrorism
A court in southeastern Turkey has ruled to arrest Selahattin Kaygusuz, a Kurdish journalist who was detained last week for alleged membership in a...
Authorities ban ‘The Little Prince’, ‘Peter Pan’ in Turkish prisons
Turkish authorities have reportedly prohibited "Robinson Crusoe", "The Little Prince", "Ali Baba and Forty Thieves", "Peter Pan" and "Tom Sawyer" in Turkish prisons, according to...
Migrants claim they were pushed back by Greek authorities
A group of migrants claim they were pushed back by Greek authorities in the Aegean Sea on September 12 and picked up by a...
Syrian family claims they were tortured at border by Turkish soldiers
A Syrian family attempting to cross into Turkey was detained in the border city of Urfa and subjected to torture by members of the...
Iranian at risk of deportation from Turkey could face execution
Bijan Moradi, an Iranian national scheduled to be deported from Turkey on Saturday, might face imprisonment, torture and even the death penalty upon his...
Asylum applications in Turkey dropped by 44.5 percent in 2020: OECD report
An annual report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on migration flows to its member countries has revealed that the number...
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...