Turkish national illegally renditioned from Tajikistan detained over Gülen links
A Turkish national who was illegally brought to Turkey from Tajikistan has been detained due to his alleged links to the Gülen movement, the...
Erdoğan critics profiled by Turkish Embassy in Colombia, document reveals
Critics of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who had been profiled by the Turkish Embassy in Bogotá were included in a terrorism probe based on...
Businessman arrested over ByLock use after rendition to Turkey from Azerbaijan
A Turkish businessman who was abducted and illegally brought to Turkey from Azerbaijan by the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has been arrested on terrorism...
Erdoğanist journalist Küçük: Turkish gov’t to abduct Gülen followers in US, Europe
Journalist Cem Küçük, a staunch supporter of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said following "operations in Pakistan and Indonesia", the Turkish intelligence agency...
Wife of missing educator launches ‘justice watch’ in Bishkek
The wife of a Turkish-Kyrgyz educator feared to have been abducted by Turkish intelligence began a “justice watch” in front of the Kyrgyz presidential...
Turkey among top abusers of INTERPOL’s notice system, UK parliament report says
Turkey is among the most prolific abusers of INTERPOL’s notice system, a UK parliamentary report has found, warning that authoritarian regimes are increasingly exploiting...
Rights groups: 285 Turkish nationals face risk of deportation from Pakistan
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organization the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said on Thursday that 285 Turkish...
Zabit Kişi, Turkish citizen abducted in Kazakhstan, jailed in Turkey after more than 5...
Zabit Kişi, who was one of the two Turkish nationals who were abducted from a plane in Kazakhstan in mid-September 2017, was formally arrested...
Cellmate: Teacher abducted by Turkey’s MİT from Malaysia subjected to torture in Ankara
Alaettin Duman, a teacher in Malaysia who in 2016 was abducted by agents of the notorious Turkish National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) from Malaysia's capital...
UN Working Group urges Turkish gov’t to end enforced disappearances
The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances urged Ankara “to prevent and terminate enforced disappearances,” in its annual report on enforced or involuntary...
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