Erdoğan tells Trump Kurdish militia, Gülenists involved in US protests
The orchestrators of violence and looting during US protests against the death of a black man in police custody were working with the Kurdish...
Women’s rights movements, Turkish Twitter users fight back as release law, COVID-19 crisis spur...
The number of Turkish women suffering from domestic violence surged after some 90,000 convicts were freed under an early release law and the onset...
HRW: Investigations into medical chamber leaders undermine COVID-19 response
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Turkish authorities to immediately halt investigations into doctors running three medical associations in the country’s east and southeast...
Anti-Gülenist witch hunt in Turkey knows no limits
Turkish authorities on June 10 ordered the detention of 63 people, including a mother with her 6-month-old infant, as part of a massive crackdown...
‘Turkey Tribunal’ established to adjudicate human rights violations, raise int’l awareness
A “Turkey Tribunal” has been established under the initiative of Belgian-based law firm Van Steenbrugge Advocaten (VSA) to adjudicate recent human rights violations in...
Turkey detains hundreds in renewed anti-Gülenist frenzy after COVID outbreak
Turkish authorities on June 9 ordered the detention of hundreds of people, military and civilian alike, as part of a massive crackdown targeting the...
Judge says in book people arrested in July 2016 coup probes should be executed
Selami Turabi, a judge who is also a senior official at the Justice Ministry responsible for European Union affairs, has written in his book...
Newly arrested CHP deputy released from jail under anti-coronavirus measures
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Enis Berberoğlu, who was ousted from the Turkish Parliament along with two other deputies from a Kurdish...
Turkey playing Trump’s game in declaring Antifa a terrorist organization
Turkey has been trying to play US President Donald Trump’s game by painting Antifa as a terrorist organization in official remarks and pro-government media...
Turkish courts continue to arrest pregnant women despite regulations
Three pregnant women were arrested last week in Ankara and Manisa on terrorism-related charges on the grounds that they were members of the faith-based...
Latest Reports
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...
New report exposes systematic use of hate speech following Fethullah Gülen’s death to dehumanize...
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'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
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.
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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...