Cellmate says tortured teacher was hurt more by insults than beatings by Turkish police
An expert in forensic medicine who shared a cell with Gökhan Açıkkollu, a teacher who was tortured to death while under detention in the...
Turkish gov’t detains 169 people in a week over social media posts against Afrin...
The Turkish government detained 169 people last week over their alleged social media posts criticising a Turkish military campaign in the Afrin province of...
Forty-seven women killed by men in February across Turkey
At least forty-seven women were victims of violence across Turkey in February, according to a report released by the "Stop Femicide!" platform.
The platform in...
Turkish gov’t detains 765 people in one week over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 765 people have been detained in the past week due to alleged links to the faith-based...
Erdoğan regime’s persecution leads to a new victim in Greece
The widespread persecution being carried out by the Turkish regime led by autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan following a controversial coup attempt on July...
Turkish physics teacher arrested by court due to objection by prosecutor, leaves her baby...
Derya Erkan, a physics teacher in Turkey's Black Sea province of Samsun, was arrested by a local court on Sunday for alleged membership in...
Turkish gov’t detains lawyer of arrested officers over alleged Gülen movement propaganda
Lawyer Kemal Uçar, known for his critical statements concerning July 15, 2016 coup attempt cases, has been detained as part of an investigation into...
Leftist activist visits grave of teacher tortured to death by Turkish police after coup
Veli Saçılık, a sociologist and leftist activist, has visited the grave of Gökhan Açıkkollu, a teacher who was tortured to death while in police...
17 detained as Turkish police intervene in Women’s Day celebrations in Ankara, Tekirdağ
Turkish police teams on Sunday detained 17 people involved in International Women’s Day celebrations in Ankara and Tekirdağ provinces.
Ten people were detained in front...
UN official says they continue to receive disturbing reports from Afrin
Panos Moumtzis, the United Nations regional humanitarian coordinator for the Syria crisis, has said they continue to receive disturbing reports out of Afrin 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
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...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abuse of asset freezing mechanisms under the pretext of prevention of...
Download PDF
This report focuses on how the Turkish government’s decisions to freeze assets based on the pretext of preventing the financing of terrorism have...