Judicial files reveal Turkish Embassy spied on Erdoğan critics in the Netherlands
The Turkish Embassy in the Netherlands profiled Turkish citizens who are opponents of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and sent their private information to...
İnandı kidnapped by 3 Kyrgyz men, put on plane after several hours in a...
Orhan İnandı, Turkish-Kyrgyz educator rendered from Kyrgyzstan by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), was kidnapped by three Kyrgyz men, blindfolded and driven for several...
President Erdoğan discusses Uyghurs with his Chinese counterpart in phone call
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in a phone call on Tuesday that it’s important to Turkey that Uyghur Muslims...
Educator abducted from Kyrgyzstan by Turkish spies arrested on terrorism charges
A Turkish court on Monday ruled to arrest Orhan İnandı, an educator who was abducted from Kyrgyzstan by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) due...
Turkish Embassy in Indonesia spied on critics of Erdoğan
The Turkish diplomatic mission in Indonesia engaged in a campaign of intelligence gathering and collected information on the activities of critics of Turkish President...
Lawyer for Turkish-Kyrgyz educator’s family demands expulsion of Turkish ambassador in Bishkek
The lawyer for the family of Turkish-Kyrgyz educator Orhan İnandı, who was recently abducted by the Turkish Intelligence Organization (MİT), on Wednesday called on...
Turkish-Kyrgyz educator’s abduction shows Ankara’s ruthless disregard for law: HRW
The abduction, forcible disappearance and extrajudicial transfer of educator Orhan İnandı to Turkey by Turkish and Kyrgyz authorities amount to egregious violations of international...
Photos show signs of torture on Turkish-Kyrgyz educator abducted by MİT, wife says
Reyhan İnandı, the wife of a Turkish-Kyrgyz educator whose rendition from Kyrgyzstan by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) was acknowledged by Turkish President Recep...
Kyrgyzstan calls on Turkey to immediately return abducted educator İnandı
Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday called on Turkey to return educator Orhan İnandı, who was abducted by the Turkish Intelligence Agency (MİT), and take all necessary...
Erdoğan confirms rendition of educator by Turkish intelligence from Kyrgyzstan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday acknowledged that Turkish-Kyrgyz educator Orhan İnandı, who went missing in Bishkek on the night of May 31,...
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