Der Spiegel: Pro-Erdoğan Sites Take Aim at Critics in Germany
Influential German newsweekly Der Spiegel wrote that Erdoğanist websites like the Ottoman Generation and Muslim Mainstream have become gathering points for supporters of Turkey’s...
Romanian police return passport of Turkish businessman
Romanian police have returned the passport of Soner Cesur, a Turkish businessman with investments in Romania, which they seized on March 25 upon a...
Doctors in Turkey discouraged from writing up reports on abuse, torture
There appears to be a systematic and deliberate campaign by the government of Turkey to dissuade doctors from writing up reports that prove abuse...
75 academics face 15 years in jail each for depositing money into Bank Asya
An indictment prepared against 77 academics from the Bolu-based Abant İzzet Baysal University (AIBU) has sought up to 15 years in prison sentence for each...
Journalist Önal sentenced by a court for 6 years and 3 months of imprisonment
Former editor of Bianet's Kurdish section, Yunus Önal, has been sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison in a court case he...
Swedish social democrats launch campaign in solidarity with arrested HDP politicians
Coalition partner of Swedish government, the Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) and Olof Palme Center have launched a donation campaign to provide financial support...
Amsterdam-based Turkish citizen says lost job due to Erdoğan’s policy of hatred
A Turkish citizen in the Netherlands casted his/her vote for Turkey’s referendum with an attached note saying that he got sacked as a result...
2nd disappearance in a week: Philosophy teacher goes missing
Only a day after an Ankara man was reportedly abducted, a philosophy teacher went missing on April 1, according to his wife. The 41-year-old...
Three consecutive life sentences sought for 150 military officers on coup charges
An indictment prepared by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office is seeking three consecutive life sentences for 150 military officers at the Land Forces...
Turkey’s Interior Ministry: 963 detained over alleged Gülen links in one week
A total of 963 people were detained in operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement over the past week, according to a statement from Turkey’s...
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...