Google accused of censoring independent media outlets in Turkey
Turkish journalists accuse search engine giant Google of indirectly censoring independent media outlets through recent algorithm adjustments that have significantly reduced visibility for many...
Top court rules in favor of pro-gov’t TV station that linked ex-opposition leader to...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a fine imposed on a pro-government broadcaster for its comments linking opposition politician Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to terrorism violated...
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...
Woman serving sentence with 3-month-old daughter conditionally released due to baby’s health
Emine Coşkun, who was arrested in İstanbul on Friday to serve a sentence for conviction of links to the Gülen movement and was being...
Court blocks access to news reports about sexual abuse in dormitory affiliated with Islamic...
A Turkish court has blocked access to 12 news reports detailing sexual abuse allegations against a staff member in a dormitory affiliated with an...
Former teacher jailed over Gülen links with premature baby
Ayşe Ercengiz, a former primary school teacher dismissed by a government decree in the aftermath of a 2016 coup attempt, was arrested on Monday...
We face threats, prosecution for reporting on abuses in prisons: human rights lawyer
Nagehan Avçil, a human rights lawyer from the Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD), said in an interview that lawyers face arrest and prosecution...
Former public servant believed to have died in work-related accident
A former public servant who was fired by a government decree after a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 is believed to...
Leader of far-right party launches campaign to deport Syrian refugees from Turkey
Ümit Özdağ, leader of the far-right and anti-refugee Victory Party (Zafer Parti), has launched a new campaign dubbed "Bus to Damascus" aimed at deporting...
ECtHR faults Turkey for violating rights of Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the rights of Murat Kanatlı, a conscientious objector from the breakaway Turkish Republic of...
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...