New research decodes how Turkey brands law abiding & peaceful people as terrorists
The authoritarian government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s open contempt for the rule of law has plunged Turkey into an abject lawlessness whereby innocent...
Bill to bar entry of Turkish officials into US clears Senate subcommittee
A subcommittee of the US Senate Committee on Appropriations has passed a spending bill for the State Department that includes a section giving the...
‘My father left to die of liver cancer under arrest,’ says son of Turkey’s...
“My father has been diagnosed with liver cancer and needs immediate treatment. He is now being kept at the detention ward of İzmir Training...
Turkish opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu says US indictment of former minister tip of iceberg
After an arrest warrant was ordered in the US for a disgraced former Turkish minister, the head of the main opposition party in Turkey...
Sudan arrests Gülen-linked businessman at request of Turkey’s Erdoğan regime
Sudanese law enforcement detained Turkish businessman Memduh Çıkmaz at Turkey’s request as part of Turkish government's post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting alleged members of...
Grand jury in US approves arrest warrants for former Turkish Minister Çağlayan, 3 others...
A grand jury in the US has approved the arrest warrants for former Turkish Economy Minister Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan, former state-run Halkbank General Manager Süleyman...
Turkish police detain one more woman shortly after delivery
B.Ö., a Turkish woman who gave birth on Thursday in the Turkish province of Adana, was detained later the same day over her alleged...
US charges former Turkish minister, 3 others with conspiring to evade sanctions on Iran
The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Wednesday the filing of a superseding indictment charging former Turkish Economy...
Undersecretary of Justice Ministry: Turkish gov’t to build more than 50 prisons for Gülen...
Kenan İpek, the Undersecretary of Turkey's Justice Ministry, has stated that Turkish government is building more than 50 new prisons for the alleged members...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s Maarif Foundation: Erdoğan’s Trojan horse
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, led by overly ambitious and self-aggrandizing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has spent millions of...
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...