4,771 rights violations occurred during demonstrations, protests in Turkey in 5 years: report
A report released by the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) has revealed that at least 4,771 human rights violations took place during protests and...
Erdoğan appoints controversial figure as Turkey’s top prosecutor
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has appointed a controversial judge at the Supreme Court of Appeals who was behind a recent crisis between the...
Erdoğan says US threatened Turkey: Release Brunson ‘by 6 p.m. tomorrow’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday revealed details of his negotiations with the US administration over the release of American evangelical pastor Andrew...
Opposition deputy calls for release of jailed journalist diagnosed with stage 4 cancer
A jailed Turkish journalist was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, an opposition deputy reported, calling on the government to release him for proper treatment...
Family torn apart in Turkey’s post-coup purge appeals for justice
In a letter to Turkish human rights activist and pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, Önder Bozkurt told the story of...
Turkish authorities refuse to allow jailed woman who lost parents in traffic accident after...
Turkish authorities have reportedly refused to allow Nurşen Kılıç, who was imprisoned by the Turkish government as part of it massive post-coup witch hunt...
Turkish gov’t’s refugee espionage in US this time targets Nakıboğlu family
A new case of refugee espionage abroad committed by Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency (AA), which is under direct control of the Turkish government...
Turkish journalists march for jailed colleagues ahead of trial
Around 200 people marched in İstanbul on Saturday in solidarity with the many jailed journalists across Turkey, according to a report by Doğan news...
Amnesty International report shows Turkish judiciary used anti-terrorism law to silence critics in 2020
An annual report by Amnesty International on the state of human rights in the world reveals how the Turkish judiciary applies country’s anti-terrorism laws...
Jailed pro-Kurdish HDP’s Demirtaş refuses to attend hearing in Turkish court
A lawyer of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş has said on Tuesday that his client will not appear in the first...
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
Download PDF
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...
Download PDF
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...