SCF report on the Netherlands decodes Erdoğan’s long arm in Europe
Turkey has escalated its witch hunt persecution on critics to abroad using government institutions, quasi-official parallel structures and front NGOs, a report released by Stockholm...
Turkish diplomats in North Macedonia spied on residents in breach of Vienna conventions: report
Turkish government documents obtained by Nordic Monitor have confirmed that critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were spied on by Turkish diplomats in Skopje...
Businessman arrested over ByLock use after rendition to Turkey from Azerbaijan
A Turkish businessman who was abducted and illegally brought to Turkey from Azerbaijan by the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has been arrested on terrorism...
Video shows Malaysian police detained Turkish expats at Turkey’s request
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A recent video recording submitted to Turkey Purge shows that Malaysia was detaining three Turks in the country at the request of Turkish government.
Malay police...
[Interview] Turkey is the worst of the worst when it comes to transnational repression:...
Transnational repression expert Dr. Edward Lemon said in an interview with the Stockholm Center for Freedom that Turkey was one of the countries that...
Turkey’s pro-gov’t media reports Kaçmaz family abducted by Pakistani authorities
The controversy persists over the abduction of Mesut Kaçmaz, the director of Pak-Turk School, and his family members in Pakistan and their illegal deportation...
Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abduction, Rendition and Forcible Return of Erdoğan Critics
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has used extrajudicial and illegal methods for the forcible transfer...
Teachers fleeing Ankara’s crackdown to be deported to Bulgaria by Germany, fear possible extradition...
A German court has rejected the asylum applications of two Turkish teachers who worked for schools affiliated with the Gülen movement in Vietnam, ruling...
İnandı kidnapped by 3 Kyrgyz men, put on plane after several hours in a...
Orhan İnandı, Turkish-Kyrgyz educator rendered from Kyrgyzstan by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), was kidnapped by three Kyrgyz men, blindfolded and driven for several...
Turkey’s MİT abducts Veysel Akçay, general director of schools affiliated with Gülen movement, in...
Veysel Akçay, the general director of schools affiliated with the Gülen movement in Mongolia, was abducted by agents of Turkey's notorious National Intelligence Organisation...
Latest Reports
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
The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) has released its latest report, “Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey,” a study that...
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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Turkey’s Transnational Repression: Abuse of asset freezing mechanisms under the pretext of prevention of...
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government’s decisions to freeze assets based on the pretext of preventing the financing of terrorism have...
Rule of Law(lessness) in Erdoğan’s Turkey: Violation of the principle of legality and no...
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This report focuses on how the criminal prosecutions and trials conducted on charges of terrorism since a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016...
Human rights in Turkey: 2021 in review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2021. Increasing pressure on the...