Serious backsliding in democracy, rule of law and fundamental freedoms continues in Turkey: EU
Serious backsliding in the respect for democratic standards, the rule of law and fundamental freedoms continued in the absence of an effective checks and...
Iranian anti-hijab activist held in repatriation center in Turkey faces risk of deportation
Nasibe Shemsai, 36, an Iranian activist known for protesting the mandatory hijab law in Iran who fled to Turkey, is now in a repatriation...
EP draft report on Turkey details serious rights violations suffered by Gülen followers: report
A draft report on Turkey prepared by the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee and released on Dec. 21 emphasizes serious human rights violations that...
Co-rapporteur Mikko urges PACE to place Turkey under monitoring
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Marianne Mikko, co-rapporteur on the post-monitoring dialog with Turkey, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), criticized Turkey for jailing journalists en masse,...
MEPs call on EU member states to take action at CoE meeting for release...
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have called on EU member states to use all means at their disposal to ensure the release of...
Erdoğan unveils human rights action plan, leading to skepticism
At a time when Turkey is the subject of harsh criticism due to gross human rights violations in the country, Turkish President Recep Tayyip...
Turkey detains pro-Kurdish party officials, renowned rights activist
Turkish police on Friday detained dozens of pro-Kurdish party officials and a renowned human rights activist, as prosecutors increase the pressure on the country’s...
1.5 million euros awarded to plaintiffs from Turkey by rights court in 2020
The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ordered Turkey to pay a total of 1,548,027 euros in awards to plaintiffs in 2020 after...
Mass detentions of Gülen movement followers since 2014 ‘politically motivated’: report
A report recently released by a Brussels-based human rights monitor has pointed to the political motivation behind a mass detention campaign that has systematically...
Critics blacklisted and threatened by Turkish government supporters on Clubhouse
Many people who criticize the Turkish government on the new social media platform Clubhouse are being blacklisted and threatened by pro-government accounts, the Bold...
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...