The Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) is an

advocacy Advocacy is an Action (philosophy), activity by an individual or advocacy group, group that aims to influence decision making, decisions within political, economic, and social institutions. Advocacy includes activities and publications to infl ...

organization founded in 2017 by Turkish journalists allegedly linked to the

Gülen movement The Gülen movement ( tr, Gülen hareketi), referred to by its participants as Hizmet ("service") or Cemaat ("community") and since 2016 by the Government of Turkey as FETÖ ("Fethullahist Terrorist Organisation" or, more commonly, "Fethullah T ...

.About Stockholm Center for FreedomStockholm Center for Freedom
2017. Retrieved: 17 July 2017] SCF is managed by

Abdullah Bozkurt Abdullah Bozkurt (born 1971) is a Turkish journalist. He was the bureau chief for the Gülen-aligned newspaper '' Today's Zaman''. Biography Bozkurt started his work in journalism with the newspaper '' Zaman''. He worked as the New York Burea ...

and is headquartered in

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.Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF)European Centre for Press and Media Freedom
Retrieved: 17 July 2017] The group moved to Sweden after the government crackdown on press freedom in Turkey after the deadly 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, 2016 failed coup d'état attempt, which the government blamed on Gülenists.Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF)
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Research Centre on Media Freedom in Europe
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Amnesty International
February 2017. Retrieved: 9 August 2021 The group is mainly focused on issues related to human rights and press freedom in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

, 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.Reports Stockholm Center for FreedomStockholm Center for Freedom
2017. Retrieved: 17 July 2017

Alleged links to Gülen movement

SCF has been accused in Turkish media of having links to the

, an organization designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey. It being founded by

, a former bureau chief 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.

References

External links

Official website
Human rights in Turkey Human rights organizations based in Sweden Organizations established in 2017 {{Turkey-poli-stub