Wives and children of 3 detained Turkish educators in Gabon also taken into police...
The spouses and children of three detained executives of the Ecole la Lumière, a school in Gabon's capital of Libreville that is affiliated with the...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s Erdoğan enlists Tuaregs in his proxy battle
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who helped destabilize Syria by supporting al-Qaeda-linked groups in Syria including the al-Nusra Front has been courting...
Report details tactics used by Erdoğan against Gülen movement supporters
A new report released by the Advocates of Silenced Turkey (AST) has detailed the dirty tactics used by the Justice and and Development Party...
İHD report reveals 3,000 people tortured across Turkey in 2017
The Human Rights Association (İHD) has reported that at least 3,000 people were tortured by Turkish security officials across Turkey in 2017.
According to the İHD...
Kosovo grants asylum to Turkish educator who escaped MİT abduction attempt
Uğur Toksoy, a Turkish national allegedly affiliated with the Gülen movement, was granted asylum in Kosovo after escaping an attempted abduction by Turkey's National...
Groom jailed for allegedly insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan, bride performs ceremony alone
A groom named Rahat Akbaba was arrested for insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on henna night, a customary celebration before a wedding, in...
394 workers killed in workplace accidents in Turkey in Q1
Three hundred ninety-four workers died in workplace accidents across Turkey in the first three months of 2018, according to a monthly study released by...
COMMENTARY — Ted Malloch’s ties to Turkey’s Erdoğan under the spotlight
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Last week US Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into potential collusion between US President Donald Trump’s campaign team and Russia exposed yet...
25 women across Turkey murdered in male-perpetrated violence in March
A women rights group called the "We Will Stop the Killing of Women Platform" (Kadın Cinayetlerini Durduracağız Platformu, or KCDP) released a report on...
Turkish court jails all detained employees of pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper
A Turkish court has arrested and put in pretrial detention all detained executives and employees of the pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper and Gün Printing...
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...