US Human Rights Report: Torture and mistreatment in police custody increased in Turkey in...
Torture and mistreatment in police custody increased in Turkey in 2017 despite the presence of closed-circuit cameras installed by the Turkish government in 2012,...
US Human Rights Report: State of emergency has far-reaching effects on human rights in...
The US State Department has stated that a continuing state of emergency in Turkey, imposed following a July 2016 coup attempt, had far-reaching effects...
Turkish gov’t wants to veto civil society organisations at the OSCE
The Turkish government has been attempting to veto civil society organisations affiliated with the Gülen movement at the annual meeting of the Organisation for...
Turkish teacher accused of ‘praising terrorism’ starts serving sentence with her baby
Ayşe Çelik, a Turkish teacher sentenced to one year, three months in prison for allegedly “praising terrorism and a terrorist organisation” in 2016, began...
Pro-government Turkish journalist threatens opposition leader
"Turkey’s leftist main opposition Republican People’s Party should nominate popular nationalist politician Meral Akşener as its candidate for president in the June elections,"...
HDP deputy Paylan asks Turkish Parliament to recognise Armenian Genocide
Turkish-Armenian parliamentarian Garo Paylan from the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) has announced that he has submitted a legislative proposal for the recognition of the...
Journalist claims Turkish man missing for 133 days tortured, forced to sign deposition
Journalist Erk Acarer has claimed that Ümit Horzum, a former civil servant who was found 133 days after he went missing in Ankara, was...
Chancellor says Austria will bar Turkish politicians from campaigning on its soil
Austria’s right-wing coalition government will bar Turkish politicians from campaigning on its territory ahead of June elections in Turkey, the chancellor has said, according...
Turkey’s election board denies memo on İYİ Party’s ineligibility to run in snap elections
The Supreme Board of Elections (YSK) on Friday denied the authenticity of a document that claimed the opposition İYİ Party would not be able...
US senators propose sanctions on Turkish officials for ‘hostage-taking’
US Senators James Lankford of Oklahoma and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire on Thursday released a joint statement on their decision to pursue targeted...
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...