COMMENTARY — NATO simulation in Norway reveals Turkey’s Trojan horse
By Abdullah Bozkurt
A Russian-Iranian proxy group led by neo-nationalist leader Doğu Perinçek, a close ally of Turkey’s Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s Erdoğan sowing the seeds of jihadist ideology among African students
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The scary spectacle of how African exchange students who receive their education in Turkey on government scholarships are being indoctrinated in jihadist...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 58 over links to Kimse Yok Mu charity
Detention warrants were issued for 58 people by the Diyarbakır Chief Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday on accusations that they were linked to the Kimse...
Turkey’s Erdoğan calls on people to show no mercy to Gülen movement
Amid an ongoing witch-hunt targeting the faith-based Gülen movement, Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday called on people to not show mercy...
11 detained over Nevruz celebration in southern Turkey
Eleven people were detained on Friday as a result of an investigation into a celebration in Turkey’s southern province of Mersin in March to...
Purge victim teacher whose husband is in prison takes own life in Denizli
Canan D., one of the thousands of teachers who were fired by the Turkish government due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement,...
Members of anti-gov’t foundation face police intervention, detention at protests
Turkish police used force to disrupt protests staged by members of the Furkan Foundation, an anti-government religious group, in three cities across Turkey over...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens of people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained dozens of people, including teachers, military officers and police officers, on Wednesday across Turkey as part of its massive post-coup...
Turkish court arrests woman with 10-month-old baby on coup charges
Nazlı Mert, a Turkish woman with a 10-month old baby, has been put behind bars over alleged links to the Gülen movement.
Mert was initially detained...
SCF revised total figure for Turkey’s jailed journos as 258 with 19 more identified
Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) has finally identified the names of 19 arrested journalists who were working for state-run network Turkish Radio Television Corporation...
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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
The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) has released its latest report, “Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey,” a study that...
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...
Rule of Law(lessness) in Erdoğan’s Turkey
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This report focuses on how the criminal prosecutions and trials conducted on charges of terrorism since a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016...
Human rights in Turkey: 2021 in review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2021. Increasing pressure on the...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abduction, Rendition and Forcible Return of Erdoğan Critics
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has used extrajudicial and illegal methods for the forcible transfer...