Turkey accused of targeting Uyghur refugees as ties with China improve: HRW
Turkish authorities have arbitrarily labeled Uyghur refugees as security threats, detained them and deported some to third countries where they face the risk of...
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...
Businessman who went missing in Azerbaijan rendered to Turkey by MİT
Uğur Demirok, a Turkish businessman who went missing in Azerbaijan on Sept. 6, was abducted and illegally brought to Turkey by the National Intelligence...
Turkey’s witch hunt of critics was expanded to India
Turkey’s relentless campaign to hunt down critics of the Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan abroad reached as far as India, judicial documents...
Turkish citizens under UN protection feared to have been abducted by Turkish intelligence in...
Seven Turkish citizens are feared to have been abducted by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) due to their links to the Gülen movement after...
US lists widespread human rights violations in Turkey in annual report
An annual human rights report from the US State Department has exposed the human rights abuses frequently faced by a wide range of people in Turkey...
Turkish gov’t hosts group of Pakistani journalists amid Kaçmaz scandal
As questions persist about the abduction of former Pak-Turk school director in Pakistan Mesut Kaçmaz and his family in Lahore last month, Turkey is...
Video shows Malaysian police detained Turkish expats at Turkey’s request
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A recent video recording submitted to Turkey Purge shows that Malaysia was detaining three Turks in the country at the request of Turkish government.
Malay police...
Kyrgyz authorities have no right to search Turkish Embassy for İnandı: interior ministry
Kyrgyz authorities have no right to carry out a search of Turkey’s diplomatic premises in Bishkek for educator Orhan İnandı, who is allegedly being...
Turkish journalist Erdoğdu appeals for help as new abduction list appears in Ukrainian media
Yunus Erdoğdu, a Kiev-based Turkish journalist, has called for help as a list of 10 people including him was published in the Ukrainian media...
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