Turkey’s Judicial Council: Guarantor or Annihilator of Judicial Independence
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This report focuses on Turkey’s top judicial administrative body (HSK, previously HSYK) and the country’s judicial architecture. It provides an assessment of the...
More Turks Report Anxiety, Stress and depression Under Erdogan’s Rule
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- More Turks report stress, depression and anxiety in Erdogan’s Turkey
The escalating crackdown on fundamental rights and freedoms in an increasingly repressive regime...
Free Thought under Siege in Turkey: the Crackdown on Education
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- Crackdown on education sector in Turkey victimized nearly 100,000 teachers and academics
The crackdown on critical thinking in Turkey with an unprecedented witch...
15 July Erdogan’s Coup
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- One year on, new research uncovers Turkey’s coup bid staged by Erdoğan himself
Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) has published an updated version...
The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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This report examines how children from families targeted in Turkey’s unprecedented post-coup purge have endured the devastating consequences of persecution, social exclusion and...
Mass Torture And Ill-Treatment In Turkey
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- Mass torture in Turkey under the spell of nationalism and religious zealotry
The torture, ill-treatment, abusive, inhuman and degrading treatment of people who...
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...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey in 2025, a year marked by continued democratic...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2024.
Throughout the year Turkey continued...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abduction, Rendition and Forcible Return of Erdoğan Critics
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has used extrajudicial and illegal methods for the forcible transfer...