Turkey’s election board annuls İstanbul election results
Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) on Monday canceled the results of İstanbul’s mayoral election held on March 31, won by an opposition candidate, and...
11 Turkish doctors get lengthy prison sentences for supporting terrorism
The Ankara 32nd High Criminal Court on Friday handed down lengthy jail sentences to 11 former executive board members of the Turkish Medical Association...
Press freedom in Turkey: Still far worse than you think!
As we mark World Press Freedom Day on May 3, Turkey remains the worst jailer of journalists in the world.
The crackdown on press freedom...
Turkey’s top court says rights of journalists not violated
Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled there was no violation in the cases of journalists Ahmet Şık, Murat Sabuncu, Bülent Utku and Akın Atalay,...
Turkish police detain 145 people for taking part in illegal May Day demonstrations
The Turkish Interior Ministry has announced that a total of 145 people have been detained for taking part in illegal May Day demonstrations across...
Criminal complaint filed against British speaker who likened Atatürk to the devil 5 years...
The İstanbul Bar Association has filed a criminal complaint against Hamza Andreas Tzortzis, a British Muslim convert of Greek heritage and a public speaker who...
Turkey marks second year without Wikipedia
April 29 marked the second anniversary of a ban imposed by Turkish authorities on access to popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia, with some international press...
Turkish refugees attacked and pushed back from Greek shore by unidentified masked men
A group of Turkish asylum seekers claimed that following an attempt to cross the Turkish border via the Evros River in northeastern Greece on...
[Suspicious Death] Suspected UAE agent commits suicide in prison
Zaki Y. M. Hasan, one of two detainees held by Turkey on suspicion of spying for the United Arab Emirates has committed suicide in...
Purge victim dies of heart attack in Turkish prison
Muzaffer Özcengiz, a teacher who was dismissed from his job and jailed after a controversial coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016, died...
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...