Stockholm Center for Freedom

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The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) is an advocacy organization founded in 2017 by Turkish journalists who had moved to Sweden after the government crackdown on press freedom in Turkey [1][2] after a failed coup attempt in July 2016.[3] The organization is alleged to have links to the Gülen movement.[4] SCF is managed by Abdullah Bozkurt and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.[5][4] The group is mainly focused on issues related to human rights and press freedom in Turkey, although it occasionally reports on other countries as well. It has issued a number of reports in English and Turkish on the human rights situation in Turkey.[6]

Alleged links to Gülen movement[]

SCF has been accused in pro-government Turkish state media of having links to the Gülen movement, an organization designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey.[7][8][4] It being founded by Abdullah Bozkurt, a former writer for the English-language edition of Gülen-aligned Zaman newspaper and a fugitive accused of having ties to the Gülen movement, are part of the allegations in Turkey.[9][10][4][11]

References[]

  1. ^ About Stockholm Center for Freedom, Stockholm Center for Freedom, 2017. Retrieved: 17 July 2017]
  2. ^ Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) , database entry Research Centre on Media Freedom in Europe, s.d. Retrieved: 9 August 2021
  3. ^ Turkey: journalism is not a crime, Online report Amnesty International, February 2017. Retrieved: 9 August 2021
  4. ^ a b c d Erbay, Nur Özkan (6 January 2020). "How does FETÖ's mouthpiece in Sweden generate fake news?". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 26 March 2020. Bozkurt has a warrant out for his arrest stemming from his FETÖ membership.
  5. ^ Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF), European Centre for Press and Media Freedom. Retrieved: 17 July 2017]
  6. ^ Reports Stockholm Center for Freedom, Stockholm Center for Freedom, 2017. Retrieved: 17 July 2017
  7. ^ "Türkler FETÖ'cülerin peşini Avrupa'da da bırakmıyor". OdaTV (in Turkish). 9 November 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Suspected members of FETO terror group allowed to spread propaganda at UN". TRT World. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Ergenekon: The bizarre case that shaped modern Turkey". Middle East Eye. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  10. ^ Hatip, Yusuf (10 December 2017). "FETO fugitive complains of Turkish anti-Israel protests". aa.com.tr. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  11. ^ "FETÖ bağlantılı kişiler İsveç'e iltica etti". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 5 October 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

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