Turkey’s Erdoğan: Obama lied to us, Trump follows the same path
Former US President Barack Obama “lied to Turkey” on the issue of Syrian Kurdish fighters in Syria’s Manbij region and current US President Donald...
Dismissed Turkish police officer dies of heart attack in German refugee camp
Ali Ünlü, a 42-year-old former police officer who was earlier dismissed from his job as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown, died of heart...
Visually-impaired journalist Arat, jailed for 7 months, denied access to Braille books in Turkish...
Visually impaired Turkish journalist Cüneyt Arat, under arrest over alleged ties to the Gülen movement since July 2017, has said in a letter that...
Survey: Majority of Turks believe Europe wants to divide Turkey
An overwhelming majority of Turks believe that Europe wants to divide Turkey in the same way the Ottoman Empire was divided, according to a...
EU expresses concern over Turkish military offensive in Afrin
The European Union (EU) warned on Tuesday that Turkish military offensive against the Kurdish-controlled enclave of Afrin in the northern Syria could derail a...
US demands Turkish gov’t to free Amnesty’s Kılıç and end state of emergency
The US State Department has criticised Turkey for its treatment of the jailed Amnesty International Turkey Chairman Taner Kılıç and called for an end...
EP rapporteur Piri: EU should be loud and clear on human rights in Turkey
Kati Piri, the European Parliament’s rapporteur for Turkey, said on Tuesday during her speech in European Parliament Plenary that "Osman Kavala, Ahmet Şık and Selehattin Demirtaş...
EU’s Tusk and Juncker to meet Turkey’s autocratic President Erdoğan in March
Top European Union officials will meet Turkish autocratic President Tayyip Erdoğan in Bulgaria on March 26 to discuss EU-Turkey relations as well as regional...
UN warns of ‘dire humanitarian consequences’ in Afrin under Turkish military attack
United Nations representatives in Syria on Tuesday called for a stop to all conflicts throughout the country, especially the recent Turkish military campaign in...
Erdoğan’s hostile rhetoric boosts anti-west, anti-American sentiments in Turkey
The anti-West and xenophobic rhetoric of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, his government and the media has boosted anti-west, anti-American sentiments in a...
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...
New report exposes systematic use of hate speech following Fethullah Gülen’s death to dehumanize...
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...