Horrific torture details emerge in Turkey’s capital, a lawyer reveals to SCF
Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) has received further details about horrific tales about ongoing torture and abuse in an exposed unofficial detention facility in...
Abducted teacher says he does not have access to proper healthcare in prison
Zabit Kişi, a former teacher who was abducted from Kazakhstan by Turkish intelligence agency MİT, said in a letter to Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP)...
Lawyer Kılıç, founder of Amnesty International’s Turkey branch, detained over alleged Gülen links
Lawyer Taner Kılıç, the founder of the Amnesty International's Turkey branch, was detained by Turkish police together with 17 lawyers in İzmir over their...
Turkey’s ‘Ministry of Truth’ in action: Drowned teacher’s accomplishment record removed
Turkey’s Education Ministry has made a “necessary falsification” on its records shortly after a devoted physics teacher, removed from his job in the government’s...
Turkish prosecutor requests reduced sentence for man in infamous femicide case
A Turkish prosecutor has requested a reduced sentence for Fedai Varan, who slit his ex-wife’s throat in broad daylight in 2019, the Hürriyet daily...
Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention spells uncertainty, fear and real danger for millions...
Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, the Council of Europe’s (CoE) binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women, spells uncertainty, fear and...
Ankara court rules in favor of former public servant dismissed for donating to Gülen-affiliated...
The Ankara 19th Administrative Court has ruled in favor of a former civil servant who was dismissed by a government decree for donating money...
Hate speech against refugees increases on Turkish social media as a new wave of...
Hate speech against refugees on Turkish social media has increased recently, with a new wave of refugee arrivals in Turkey starting as the Taliban...
Cancer patient was refused postponement of sentence, sent back to prison after major surgery
Ümit Gökhasan, a prison inmate suffering from stomach cancer whose stomach and half of his esophagus were removed in an operation, was sent back...
Turkish Finance Minister Albayrak’s ‘thesis writer’ elected BIST board chairman
Professor Erişah Arıcan, who allegedly wrote the Ph.D. thesis of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son-in-law and Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, was elected...
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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...
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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...
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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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