562,581 people investigated, 91,000 arrested over Gülen links since coup attempt
Turkish prosecutors have investigated a total of 562,581 people while courts have arrested 91,610 individuals on allegations of terrorism due to their alleged links...
Pro-Erdoğan journalist predicts mass detentions of AKP figures if Erdoğan voted out of office
Journalist Cem Küçük, a staunch supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has said if Erdoğan...
Turkish opposition mayor arrested over Gülen links
A district mayor from Turkey’s main opposition party was arrested on Monday evening due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Turkish...
Turkey’s prison population increased by 14 pct to 265,000 in 2018: TurkStat
The number of inmates in Turkey’s prisons who were either in pre-trial detention or convicted of a crime was 265,000 in 2018, a 14...
Stockholm University panel urges Turkey to restore the rule of law
Turkey should restore the rule of law immediately to address massive human rights violations that are unprecedented in scale and magnitude, the audience was...
HDP says 6,000 party officials arrested since 2015
A total of 15,530 members of the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) have been detained and 6,000 of them arrested since 2015, according to...
Amnesty poll shows 82 percent of Turks believe human rights are under attack
More than 82 percent of the Turkish public thinks that people’s rights and freedoms are being violated, according to a poll conducted by MetroPoll...
Erdoğan implies Nobel laureate Pamuk is a ‘terrorist’
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday implied that Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk is a “terrorist,” saying that the Nobel committee gave the prize to...
Turkey ranks 40th of 41 countries in social justice index
Turkey has been ranked 40th on a list of 41 EU and Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries in a social justice...
Number of inmates in Turkish prisons virtually doubled in last 5 years: report
The number of people in prison per 100,000 of the Turkish population increased from 188 in December 2013 to 323 in December 2018, the...
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...