Outlawed PKK militants kill 8 Turkish soldiers in attack in Batman
Eäght Turkish soldiers were killed and two others were wounded on Thursday in an attack carried out by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)...
Turkish Court of Accounts report shows daily expenses for Erdoğan’s palace total $300,000
A report by Turkey’s Court of Accounts has shown that more than TL1,8 million (around $300,000) was spent daily in 2017 for the expenses...
Turkish court sentences former civil servant to 9 years for alleged ByLock use
A civil servant who was removed from his job by a government decree has been handed down a jail sentence of eight years, nine...
Historian becomes minister’s advisor after donating books to Turkish presidential library
Renowned Turkish historian Professor İlber Ortaylı was named an advisor to the culture and tourism minister shortly after he donated his personal library to...
Police called to Fethullah Gülen’s US compound after shot fired
US police were called to the compound of Fethullah Gülen, the US-based Turkish Muslim scholar, in rural Pennsylvania on Wednesday after a guard fired...
Austria to ban famous Rabia sign of Turkish President Erdoğan
Austria’s Interior Minister Herbert Kickl announced that the Austrian government is planning to ban certain Turkish hand signs, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Rabia,...
More than 3,000 Turkish nationals apply for asylum in Germany this year
More than 3,000 Turkish nationals have applied for asylum in Germany between January and August of 2018, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported on Wednesday.
According...
Turkish court jails 2 more people for allegedly insulting President Erdoğan
Two people in Turkey’s Tekirdağ province were arrested on Wednesday on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, according to a...
1,809,000 people affected by 332 curfews declared by Turkish gov’t in 3 years
The Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has declared at least 332 curfews in the predominantly Kurdish southeastern part of Turkey since...
Dutch FM Blok: Turkey needs to take steps to revive EU accession process
Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok said Turkey’s EU accession negotiations have come to a standstill and that it must address issues including the rule...
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...
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'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
Download PDF
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...
Download PDF
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...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abuse of asset freezing mechanisms under the pretext of prevention of...
Download PDF
This report focuses on how the Turkish government’s decisions to freeze assets based on the pretext of preventing the financing of terrorism have...