Engineer who drowned while fleeing Turkey was tortured in custody
Computer engineer Murat Zümre, who drowned in the Maritsa River while trying to flee to Greece, was tortured while he was in detention, a...
Turkey’s top judicial body dismisses 202 judges, prosecutors over Gülen links
Turkey’s Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) on Friday dismissed 202 judges and prosecutors over their links to the faith-based Gülen movement, which...
Turkish gov’t expelled over 22,000 from army, military schools over alleged Gülen links
Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Işık stated that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government dismissed a total of 22,920 military personnel after a...
Swiss Justice Ministry rejects Turkey’s demand over anti-Erdoğan insult claims
Switzerland has rejected a Turkish request for legal assistance in prosecuting a suspect accused of insulting Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, ruling that...
Mother with son with leukemia faces threats, insults due to alleged Gülen links
A public prosecutor has asked a mother who was arrested due to her alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement to become an informant...
Inmates subjected to maltreatment, torture at Antalya Prison, relatives say
Inmates incarcerated in Antalya Prison are being subjected to various types of torture and maltreatment by the prison authorities, according to a report on...
Teacher gets 6-year jail term over alleged Gülen links
Bilgihan Aksan, a teacher dismissed by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government as part of a witch-hunt following a July 15 coup attempt,...
German FM accuses Turkey of failing to grant access to jailed journalist Yücel as...
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has accused the Turkish government of failing to keep a promise to grant consular access to imprisoned German-Turkish journalist...
Boğaziçi University rector cancels speech by opposition spokesperson ahead of referendum
Mehmed Özkan, the controversially-appointed rector of Turkey’s prestigious Boğaziçi University has cancelled a scheduled speech by Selin Sayek Böke, the spokesperson of the main opposition...
Around 2,700 cases filed on insult charges against Erdoğan in past 6 months
A report prepared by two academics for the Human Rights Joint Platform (IHOP) has revealed that a total of 2,673 cases have been filed...
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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...