5 years later, Turkish woman still haunted by strip-search in police custody
A young woman detained over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in a case that made nationwide headlines five years ago has said...
Some 8 million women in Turkey downloaded domestic violence app since 2018
Widespread fears of domestic violence have driven 7,830,000 women in Turkey to download the Women’s Emergency Support Application (KADES) since its launch in 2018,...
Women’s Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
The increase in the number of violations of women’s rights in Turkey continued in 2024, with a rising number of femicide cases, bans on...
Number of femicides in Turkey soared to 394 in 2024: rights group
The number of women who fell victim to domestic violence rose sharply in Turkey in 2024 when a record number of at least 394...
Top court rejects application challenging Turkey’s withdrawal from int’l women’s treaty
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has found no violation of rights in the application of a woman and a women’s association that challenged Turkey’s withdrawal from the...
Women with disabilities in Turkey face alarmingly high rates of abuse: UN report
Women with disabilities in Turkey confront very high rates of abuse as well as systemic barriers in nearly every aspect of life, including access...
Police detain dozens in İstanbul demanding action to end violence against women
Dozens of people were detained by the police on Monday evening while attempting to stage a demonstration in central İstanbul to mark the International Day...
Ban on İstanbul demonstration to support women’s right to life without violence sparks outrage...
The İstanbul Governor’s Office blocked access to Taksim Square and restricted public transport on Saturday to prevent access to demonstrations planned for the International...
Turkey’s interior minister blames women for femicide
In Turkey, where women are killed, raped or beaten every day, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya blamed women for contributing to femicide when they do...
Turkey sets grim record in monthly femicides
Forty-eight women were murdered by men in Turkey in September, setting a record as the highest monthly toll ever reported, the We Will Stop...
Latest Reports
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...
New report exposes systematic use of hate speech following Fethullah Gülen’s death to dehumanize...
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...