Turkey detains 261,000, arrests 91,000 in post-coup crackdown on Gülen followers
Turkey has investigated 559,064 people for alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, which is accused of masterminding a 2016 coup attempt despite its...
Turkish police use excessive force during Nevruz celebrations in Diyarbakir
Turkish police used excessive force during Nevruz celebrations on Monday in southeastern Diyarbakırprovince, the TR724 news website reported.
Celebrations of the spring festival started early...
743 children jailed with their mothers in Turkey, rights group reveals
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There were a total of 743 children jailed along with their mothers in Turkey’s prisons as of Nov. 16, according...
Last defence of jailed journalist Ünal: Remember me as the man advocating a Quran...
Mustafa Ünal (50), a jailed veteran journalist and former Ankara bureau chief for the now-shuttered Zaman daily, stated in his last defence before the court,...
Abusive mass arrests of Turkish lawyers damage rule of law: Human Rights Watch
The abusive mass arrest of Turkish lawyers damages the rule of law and blatantly seeks to identify lawyers with the alleged crimes of their...
Detained wives of Turkish officers subjected to abuse, letter reveals
A letter shared by imprisoned wives of Turkish military officers reveal how they were subjected to torture and abuse while they were under detention...
SCF’s submission for the United Nations Universal Periodic Review of Turkey
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Stakeholder Report for the United Nations Universal Periodic Review
Submitted by the Stockholm Center for Freedom
for the 35rd Session of the Working Group
on the Universal...
TİHV YouTube video reveals police mistreatment in Turkey
In a recently released YouTube video, the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) revealed that three of their female activists had been mistreated by...
Türk Telekom denies service to Kurdish woman for not speaking Turkish
Fevziye Başaran (65), who only speaks Kurdish, her native language, was denied service by Türk Telekom in the southeastern city of Batman for failing...
Gag order imposed on news reports about suicide of university student
A Turkish court has imposed a gag order on news reports covering the death by suicide of a university student who left a video...
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...