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'''Stockholm Center for Freedom''' (SCF) is a [[Sweden]]-based non-profit advocacy organization. It advocates for the rule of law, democracy, and human rights. The group primarily focusing on press freedom and human rights issues in [[Turkey]]. Founded in 2017 in [[Stockholm]] by exiled Turkish journalists, SCF was established by [[Abdullah Bozkurt]] with [[Levent Kenez]] serving as Secretary General. Both fled Turkey amid media crackdowns following the 2016 coup attempt.
'''Stockholm Center for Freedom''' (SCF) is a [[Sweden]]-based non-profit advocacy organization. It advocates for the rule of law, democracy, and human rights. The group primarily focusing on press freedom and human rights issues in [[Turkey]]. Founded in 2017 in [[Stockholm]] by exiled Turkish journalists, SCF was established by [[Abdullah Bozkurt]] with [[Levent Kenez]] serving as Secretary General.{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://stockholmcf.org/about-us/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260422205644/https://stockholmcf.org/about-us/ |archive-date=22 April 2026 |website=Stockholm Center for Freedom |access-date=22 April 2026}} Both fled Turkey amid media crackdowns following the 2016 coup attempt.{{cite web |url=https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/article/sweden-exiled-turkish-journalist-attacked-in-stockholm |title=Sweden: Exiled Turkish journalist attacked in Stockholm |access-date=30 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251129231833/https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/article/sweden-exiled-turkish-journalist-attacked-in-stockholm |archive-date=29 November 2025 |language=en |website=International Federation of Journalists |date=29 September 2020}}{{cite web |title=Levent Kenez, novinar, ki ga išče Ankara: Ni me strah, da bi me izročili Turčiji |url=https://www.dnevnik.si/novice/svet/levent-kenez-novinar-ki-ga-isce-ankara-ni-me-strah-da-bi-me-izrocili-turciji-2017874/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260422212816/https://www.dnevnik.si/novice/svet/levent-kenez-novinar-ki-ga-isce-ankara-ni-me-strah-da-bi-me-izrocili-turciji-2017874/ |archive-date=22 April 2026 |website=Dnevnik |language=sl |access-date=22 April 2026}}
== History ==
== History ==
SCF emerged from Turkey's post-2016 coup purges. These actions closed over 200 media outlets. They also detained many journalists accused of coup ties. Now based in Stockholm, SCF tracks daily rights violations . It documents cases and issues reports on Turkey's human rights record. The group sometimes covers other countries as well.
SCF emerged from Turkey's post-2016 coup purges. These actions closed over 200{{cite web |url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/turkey/ |title=2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Turkey |access-date=29 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251129153652/https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/turkey/ |archive-date=29 November 2025 |language=en |website=U.S. Department of State |date=2019}} media outlets. They also detained many journalists accused of coup ties.{{cite web |title=Free Turkey Media |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2017/02/free-turkey-media/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260422225238/https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2017/02/free-turkey-media/ |archive-date=22 April 2026 |website=Amnesty International |access-date=22 April 2026}} Now based in Stockholm, SCF tracks daily rights violations. It documents cases and issues reports on Turkey's human rights record. The group sometimes covers other countries as well.
== Activities and reports ==
== Activities and reports ==
SCF publishes news, commentaries, and thematic reports in [[English language|English]] and [[Turkish language|Turkish]]. Topics include arbitrary detentions, torture claims, censorship, hate speech against refugees, and misuse of anti-terror laws. It has submitted shadow reports to [[United Nations|UN]] bodies like the [[United Nations Human Rights Committee|Human Rights Committee]]. These cover biased parole denials in prisons, over 130,000 public servant dismissals via emergency decrees, and 2023 blocks on 197,000 domains plus thousands of social media posts. Human rights networks cite SCF's work. The group is a member of the Alliance Against Genocide.
SCF publishes news, commentaries, and thematic reports in [[English language|English]] and [[Turkish language|Turkish]]. Topics include arbitrary detentions, torture claims, censorship, hate speech against refugees, and misuse of anti-terror laws. It has submitted shadow reports to [[United Nations|UN]] bodies like the [[United Nations Human Rights Committee|Human Rights Committee]]. These cover biased parole denials in prisons, over 130,000 public servant dismissals via emergency decrees, and 2023 blocks on 197,000 domains plus thousands of social media posts. Human rights networks cite SCF's work. name="scf-reports">{{cite web |title=Reports |url=https://stockholmcf.org/reports/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260422210842/https://stockholmcf.org/reports/ |archive-date=22 April 2026|website=Stockholm Center for Freedom |access-date=22 April 2026}}{{Cite web
|last=Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
|title=Responses to Information Requests
|url=https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458252
|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240531071812/https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458252
|archive-date=31 May 2024
|access-date=23 April 2026
|website=Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
|language=en}}{{Cite web
|title = Country Information Report: Turkey
|url = https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/country-information-report-turkey.pdf
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20251125002348/https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/country-information-report-turkey.pdf
|archive-date= 25 November 2025
|website = Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
|date = 9 October 2018
|access-date = 25 November 2025
}}

The group is a member of the Alliance Against Genocide.{{cite web |title=Stockholm Center for Freedom |url=https://www.against-genocide.org/alliance-members-data/stockholm-center-for-freedom |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260422211630/https://www.against-genocide.org/alliance-members-data/stockholm-center-for-freedom |archive-date=22 April 2026 |website=Alliance Against Genocide |access-date=22 April 2026}}
== Allegations and criticism ==
== Allegations and criticism ==
Turkish government officials and pro-government media accuse SCF of ties to the [[Gülen movement]]. Turkey designates the movement a terrorist organization and holds it responsible for the 2016 coup attempt. These claims stem from founder Abdullah Bozkurt's prior role as bureau chief at the English edition of ''[[Zaman (newspaper)|Zaman]]'' newspaper, which is described as [[Fethullah Gülen|Gülen]]-aligned.
Turkish government officials and pro-government media accuse SCF of ties to the [[Gülen movement]].{{cite web |title=Article Title |url=https://www.trtworld.com/article/12722403 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260422214525/https://www.trtworld.com/article/12722403?_rt=1 |archive-date=22 April 2026 |website=TRT World |access-date=22 April 2026}} Turkey designates the movement a terrorist organization and holds it responsible for the 2016 coup attempt. These claims stem from founder Abdullah Bozkurt's prior role as bureau chief at the English edition of ''[[Zaman (newspaper)|Zaman]]'' newspaper, which is described as [[Fethullah Gülen|Gülen]]-aligned.{{cite web |title=176 kişi İsveç'e iltica etti |url=https://www.cnnturk.com/dunya/feto-baglantili-176-kisi-isvece-iltica-etti-567383 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260422220621/https://www.cnnturk.com/dunya/feto-baglantili-176-kisi-isvece-iltica-etti-567383 |archive-date=22 April 2026 |website=CNN Türk |language=tr |access-date=22 April 2026}} Turkey has issued an arrest warrant for Bozkurt and Kenez and portrays SCF as a Gülen-linked entity.{{cite web |url=https://www.turkishminute.com/2025/11/20/sweden-rejects-turkeys-extradition-request-for-journalist-abdullah-bozkurt/ |title=Sweden rejects Turkey's extradition request for journalist Abdullah Bozkurt |date=20 November 2025 |access-date=30 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251129233419/https://www.turkishminute.com/2025/11/20/sweden-rejects-turkeys-extradition-request-for-journalist-abdullah-bozkurt/ |archive-date=29 November 2025 |language=en |website=Turkish Minute |author=Turkish Minute}}{{Cite web
|title=Swedish Supreme Court rejects Turkey’s request to extradite journalist
Turkey has issued an arrest warrant for Bozkurt and portrays SCF as a Gülen-linked entity. In contrast, international bodies such as the [[European Union]], [[United Nations]], and [[European Court of Human Rights]], along with countries like the [[United States]], [[United Kingdom]], and [[Australia]], do not endorse Turkey's designation of the Gülen movement as a terrorist organization. SCF describes itself as an independent human rights advocacy group and criticizes the criminalization of journalists and civil society actors under Turkey's anti-terror framework.
|url=https://nordicmonitor.com/2021/12/swedish-supreme-court-rejects-turkeys-request/
|website=Nordic Monitor
|language=en
|date=16 December 2021
|access-date=15 October 2025
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251015154717/https://nordicmonitor.com/2021/12/swedish-supreme-court-rejects-turkeys-request/
|archive-date=15 October 2025
|url-status=live
}} In contrast, international bodies such as the [[European Union]],{{Cite news |last=Tulay Karadeniz and Tuvan Gumrukcu |title=EU says needs concrete evidence from Turkey to deem Gulen network as terrorist |url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-eu-turkey-security/eu-says-needs-concrete-evidence-from-turkey-to-deem-gulen-network-as-terrorist-idUKKBN1DU0DV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130065542/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-eu-turkey-security/eu-says-needs-concrete-evidence-from-turkey-to-deem-gulen-network-as-terrorist-idUKKBN1DU0DV |archive-date=30 Nov 2017 |access-date=23 Nov 2025 |work=U.K. |language=en-GB}} [[United Nations]], and [[European Court of Human Rights]], along with countries like the [[United States]],{{Cite web |title=US: We See Neither Gülen Movement nor YPG as Terror Organization |url=https://bianet.org/haber/us-we-see-neither-gulen-movement-nor-ypg-as-terror-organization-175425 |access-date=23 Nov 2025 |website=bianet.org |language=en}} [[United Kingdom]],{{Cite web |title=Repression or recovery? UK's relations with Turkey - Committees - UK Parliament |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/78/foreign-affairs-committee/news/103430/uk-relations-with-turkey-report-published-16-17/ |access-date=23 Nov 2025 |website=committees.parliament.uk |language=en}} [[Canada]] and [[Australia]], do not endorse Turkey's designation of the Gülen movement as a terrorist organization.

SCF describes itself as an independent human rights advocacy group and criticizes the criminalization of journalists and civil society actors under Turkey's anti-terror framework.

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