Activist testifies before US congressional subcommittee on Turkey’s transnational repression
Enes Kanter Freedom, an activist and former NBA basketball player, on Wednesday testified before a subcommittee of the Committee on Homeland Security of the...
US State Department annual report details Turkey’s human rights abuses
The US State Department on March 20 issued its 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices with a subsection on Turkey in which it...
Enforced disappearances must be investigated by an independent committee, lawmaker says
Enforced disappearances must be investigated by an independent committee, said Sezgin Tanrıkulu, a human rights defender and deputy from the Republican People's Party, ANKA...
COMMENTARY — Utah case exposes more dirt on Turkey’s Erdoğan
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Another fraud scheme that extends to the United States has implicated the corrupt Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in what is seen...
Kosovo parliamentary committee to probe abduction of six Turkish nationals
Kosovo parliament voted on Wednesday to set up a committee to investigate how six Turkish citizens were abducted and illegaly deported to Turkey in...
Businessman who went missing in Azerbaijan rendered to Turkey by MİT
Uğur Demirok, a Turkish businessman who went missing in Azerbaijan on Sept. 6, was abducted and illegally brought to Turkey by the National Intelligence...
Turkish diplomats profiled Erdoğan critics in Turkmenistan
Turkish diplomatic mission in Turkmenistan engaged in a campaign of intelligence gathering and collected information on the activities of critics of Turkish President Recep...
EP members urge Ukrainian president to ensure safety of Turkish educators from Erdoğan regime
Following a request submitted by the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the extradition of five Turkish educators associated with the Gülen...
Pakistan’s Sindh High Court stops Turkish teachers deportation from country till October 10
The Sindh High Court (SHC) restrained on Tuesday the federal authorities concerned from deporting former employees of the Pak-Turk International Schools in the province...
Turkey’s foreign minister urges North Macedonia to join fight against Gülen movement
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has called on North Macedonia's newly elected government to join its fight against the faith-based Gülen movement, the Balkan...
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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'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
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.
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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...