Turkish journalist Böken transferred to prison 250 kilometers away from family
Ali Ahmet Böken (46), a veteran Turkish journalist and prominent broadcaster who was sentenced in April 2018 to nine years, nine months in prison...
Report: Turkish gov’t detained 228,137 people under state of emergency
The Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has detained 228,137 and dismissed 134,144 people from their jobs under the state of emergency that...
Turkey’s main opposition leader tweets caricature that caused arrest of 4 ODTÜ students
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Tuesday posted a caricature on Twitter called “Tayyipler Âlemi” (World of Tayyips), which...
German gov’t says Turkey has not provided evidence proving Gülen’s involvement in coup
The German government has said Turkey has failed to present documents and evidence to German judicial authorities to prove the Gülen movement’s involvement in...
Turkish court rules for continuation of Greek soldiers’ detention
A Turkish court has ruled to keep in custody two Greek soldiers who were detained in Turkey in March, in a case that has...
Turkish court gives aggravated life sentences to 31 military members over coup bid
A Turkish court on Tuesday handed down aggravated life sentences to 31 military members in a trial concerning the Beytepe Gendermarie Schools Command in...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 89 military officers over alleged Gülen links
The Turkish government on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 89 military officers, most of them on active duty, as part of its massive post-coup...
HRW report: Turkey has stopped registering Syrian asylum seekers
Turkish authorities in İstanbul and nine provinces on or near the Syrian border have stopped registering all but a handful of recently arrived Syrian asylum...
Turkish gov’t detains 467 people over links to Gülen movement in past week
The Turkish government has detained a total of 467 people over the past week (July 9-July 16) as part of its massive post-coup witch...
Turkish FM says over 100 members of Gülen movement abducted abroad and brought to...
Over 100 alleged members of the Gülen movement have been abducted abroad by Turkey's National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) and brought back to Turkey as...
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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
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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...