Dismissed medical secretary who died while pregnant reinstated to job
A medical secretary who was dismissed from her job in a massive purge in the aftermath of a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016...
ECtHR faults Azerbaijan for violating rights of 4 Turkish teachers illegally deported to Turkey
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Azerbaijan violated the rights of four Turkish teachers who had worked at private schools...
A report by HDP shows 2,462 ‘no’ campaigners detained, 453 jailed in Turkey
At least 2,462 “No” campaigners have been detained and 453 of them have been sent to jail during the 85-day campaign in the run...
Hundreds gather at ECtHR to demand justice for victims of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
Hundreds of activists and victims of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown, joined by former leader of the UK’s Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn and EU parliamentarians, gathered...
Turkish court jails Kurdish journalist Reyhan Çapan
A Turkish court ruled to jail journalist Reyhan Çapan, an editor of the now-closed pro-Kurdish daily newspaper Özgür Gündem, in Turkey's Artvin province.
Çapan, who...
Turkish gov’t sentences journalist Türfent to 8 years and 9 months in prison
Journalist Nedim Türfent received threats of execution during the period of the curfews and has been in prison for 19 months for his journalistic...
Woman jailed for insulting Turkish President Erdoğan on social media
A 54-year-old woman was arrested on Sunday in Eskişehir province for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, private news agency...
Pakistan government violates UNHCR status by deporting Kaçmaz Family to Turkey
The repercussions of the deportation of Turkish teacher Mesut Kaçmaz (43) and his family by Pakistan government to Turkey on early Saturday, despite of...
Lawyer: Turkey’s presidential candidate Demirtaş could be freed from prison within days
Selahattin Demirtaş, presidential candidate of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), could be released from prison within days, one of his lawyers told Kurdistan24...
Turkish soldiers abroad ordered to spy on dismissed colleagues
A written instruction from the Turkish General Staff asks Turkey’s military officers deployed abroad to spy on their former colleagues who were dismissed as...
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...