Turkey is de facto dictatorship, says German think tank Bertelsmann Stiftung
The German Bertelsmann Stiftung foundation stated in a recent publication that Turkey can no longer be classified as a democracy and described it as...
‘Put Turkey on Special Watch List,’ says US government commission on religious freedom
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent, bipartisan federal government entity established by the US Congress to monitor, analyze and...
PACE calls for urgent action to amend early release law to include political prisoners
Several Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteurs have urged Turkish authorities to take the necessary legal steps to redress injustice emanating from...
HRW calls on Turkey to investigate disappearance of Gökhan Türkmen
Human Rights Watch has called on the government of Turkey to investigate the circumstances surrounding the abduction of a Turkish man who turned up...
Turkish authorities refuse to release political prisoners who have served their time
Turkish authorities are refusing to release thousands of political prisoners who have served their required time in jail, the tr724 news website reported.
Journalist Hanım...
Turkey has detained 402 over ‘provocative’ coronavirus posts since March: report
Turkey has detained 402 people in the past 42 days for allegedly sharing “false and provocative” social media postings concerning the coronavirus outbreak, officials...
Another Grup Yorum musician on hunger strike dies in prison on 297th day
Mustafa Koçak, a jailed member of the Grup Yorum band who had been on a hunger strike in a prison in western Turkey, died...
Use of Skype, Tango, TikTok, WhatsApp can be considered terrorist activity in Turkey
The use of popular social networking and communication platforms such as Facebook, Skype, Tango, WhatsApp, Coco, Kakao, Falco, Coverme and TikTok may very well...
Opposition deputy calls for release of jailed journalist diagnosed with stage 4 cancer
A jailed Turkish journalist was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, an opposition deputy reported, calling on the government to release him for proper treatment...
Kurdish politician Demirtaş’s life at risk behind bars due to coronavirus, says his wife
Başak Demirtaş, the wife of jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş, said in a podcast that her husband’s life is at serious risk due to...
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...