IAJ calls on EU leaders to not ignore Turkish government’s judicial abuses
The International Association of Judges (IAJ) called on leaders of the European Union to not ignore the Turkish government's judicial abuses in a written...
Turkish court sentences pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Botan to 18 years in prison
A Turkish court sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Lezgin Botan to 18 years in prison on Friday.
According to a report by the...
Turkish gov’t detains some 170 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish police detained some 170 people during operations across Turkey on Friday as part of the Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged...
CPJ calls on EU officials to raise press freedom with Erdoğan
In a letter to the European Union’s top officials, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday asked the union to call for the...
EP members ask EU leaders to press Erdoğan on rights issues in Turkey during...
Rebecca Harms, spokeswoman for foreign affairs and expert on Turkey in the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, has initiated an open letter with...
AKP co-founder indicted on charges of insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan
One of the co-founders of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Abdüllatif Şener, has been indicted on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip...
HRW urges EU to press Turkey to admit Syrian refugees, halt deportations
A recent Human Rights Watch (HRW) report has alleged that Turkey has been carrying out mass deportations of Syrians, calling on the European Union...
Improvised explosive kills 3 Turkish soldiers, injures 3 in Syria’s Afrin
Three Turkish soldiers were killed and three others were wounded by an explosion on Thursday during a search operation in the Afrin province of...
Turkish court sentences singer, actress Olcay to 10 months in prison for ‘insulting Erdoğan’
Turkish singer and actress Zuhal Olcay has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for “insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan” by İstanbul's 46th...
European leaders condemn Turkey’s actions in Mediterranean
European leaders are set to strongly condemn Turkey’s “illegal actions” toward Greece and Cyprus in a blistering denunciation to be released on Thursday that...
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
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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...