CoE’s top human rights advocate calls for restoration of media freedom in Turkey
Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, has called for implementing urgent measures to restore freedom of expression in Turkey, stressing that...
UK legal opinion: Turkey breaches human rights by detaining people for using ByLock
A legal opinion published in London has found that tens of thousands of Turkish citizens detained or dismissed from their jobs on the basis...
Turkey orders arrest of 35 people over alleged Gülen movement links
A Turkish court has ordered the arrest of 35 of 72 people detained on November 17 as part of the government’s ongoing crackdown on...
Turkish police prevent demonstrations by women’s groups, detain dozens of protestors
Dozens of women who gathered in various Turkish provinces on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity and Elimination of Violence against Women,...
Turkish Alzheimer’s patient jailed over Gülen ties hospitalized after health deteriorates
İbrahim Güngör, a 73-year-old Alzheimer’s patient whose deteriorating health raised concerns about his continued imprisonment, was hospitalized on July 25 after contracting an infection,...
Canada’s Green Party leader on human rights violations in Turkey: I am entirely horrified
Canada's Green Party leader and lawmaker Elizabeth May said during a panel discussion held at the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa on widespread human rights...
Turkish gov’t detains 9 active duty military officers over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government on Tuesday detained nine military officers on active duty in 11 provinces across Turkey in a Zonguldak-based investigation as part of...
NATO air commander: Turkey’s plan to buy Russian S-400 missiles a risk for NATO
The Turkish government's plans to buy Russia's S-400 missile defense system would give a weapon used by “known foes” of NATO deep insight into...
Swedish Embassy in Ankara closes for a day due to protests over Quran burning...
The Swedish Embassy in Ankara was closed on Tuesday due to ongoing protests over the burning of the Quran by a far-right Danish-Swedish politician...
Reliable sources: 6 abducted Turkish educators still kept in Kosovo
The reliable local sources in Kosovo informed Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) on Thursday that the detained 5 Turkish educators and an academician have...
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Turkey's campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm...
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During the year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to relentlessly pursue anyone with alleged links with the faith-based Gülen movement, which he described...
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Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression
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This report reveals how the Turkish government has transformed its embassies and consulates into instruments of repression over the past decade. Once seen...
The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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This report examines how children from families targeted in Turkey’s unprecedented post-coup purge have endured the devastating consequences of persecution, social exclusion and...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2024.
Throughout the year Turkey continued...
Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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This report examines the surge of hate speech following the death of Fethullah Gülen, a US-based cleric whose followers have been systematically persecuted...
Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used family punishment against his opponents.
Sippenhaft, also known as...