US ‘concerned’ about reports of educator missing in Kyrgyzstan
The US State Department is “concerned” by reports that the founder of the Sapat school network, Orhan İnandı, has been reported missing in Kyrgyzstan,...
Protests for missing educator İnandı continue in European cities
Human rights activists are gathering in European cities to protest Ankara’s alleged sanctioning of enforced disappearances and to stand in solidarity with educator Orhan...
Turkish court rearrests victim of rendition immediately after release
Ayten Öztürk, who was forcibly transported from Lebanon to Turkey in 2018 by Turkish intelligence and testified in an İstanbul court in March about...
Lawyer shares photos of suspicious individuals around İnandı’s car, says former minister met him...
Taalaygul Toktakunova, the attorney for the family of educator Orhan İnandı, who is allegedly being held against his will in the Turkish Embassy in...
German Green Party co-chair calls on int’l community to prevent deportation of educator İnandı...
Cem Özdemir, the co-chairman of the German Green Party, on Wednesday called on the international community to prevent the deportation to Turkey of educator...
Kyrgyz authorities should investigate disappearance of Orhan İnandı: HRW
Kyrgyz authorities should investigate the disappearance of Orhan İnandı, 53, founder of the Sapat school network in Kyrgyzstan in Kyrgyzstan, amid concern that he...
In Kenya, mystery and silence over Gülen abduction
How did a foreign citizen disappear from Kenya’s police headquarters and end up under arrest in Turkey, despite a court order banning his extradition?
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EP member voices concern over missing educator
A member of the European Parliament on Monday voiced concern about the suspicious disappearance of an educator in Kyrgyzstan, urging Kyrgyz authorities to exert...
Kyrgyz protest over missing Gülen-linked educator
Hundreds protested in Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday after educator Orhan İnandı, founder of a prestigious school network, went missing in Bishkek and is feared to...
Kyrgyz hold vigil in hope of finding missing educator
Kyrgyz who have been protesting since the suspicious disappearance of an educator in the country held a silent vigil in Bishkek on Monday in...
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