Missing educator İnandı being held in Turkish Embassy in Bishkek, wife claims
The wife of educator Orhan İnandı who went missing in Bishkek on the evening of May 31 said on Sunday that her husband is currently being...
Kyrgyz school alumni offer $1 million reward for location of missing educator
The alumni of a prestigious network of schools in Kyrgyzstan whose president went missing on the evening of May 31 and is feared to...
HRF expresses concern over educator missing in Kyrgyzstan
The Human Rights Foundation has expressed concern over the “alleged kidnapping” of educator Orhan İnandı in Kyrgyzstan by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT).
The HRF...
Famous Turkish actress indicted for ‘insulting’ former soldier accused of rape
An indictment drafted by an Ankara prosecutor seeks a prison sentence of up to two years for Ezgi Mola, a popular Turkish actress, on...
Spying by Turkish diplomats in Singapore triggered criminal investigation in Turkey, documents reveal
The Turkish government used its diplomats in Singapore to profile opponents of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and gather intelligence about them to help...
Wife worried missing educator subjected to torture, maltreatment
The wife of the president of a prestigious school network in Kyrgyzstan who went missing in Bishkek on Monday said she has concerns about...
Kyrgyz protestors demand authorities locate missing educator
Hundreds of people have been protesting since Tuesday in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, demanding that authorities find the president of a prestigious school...
Educator Orhan İnandı feared to have been kidnapped in Kyrgyzstan
Educator Orhan İnandı, founder and director of the Sapat school network in Kyrgyzstan, went missing after leaving his house in Bishkek on Monday evening,...
Turkey’s spy agency forcibly returns Gülen’s nephew from Kenya
Turkish spies have arrested and brought back to Turkey a nephew living in Kenya of Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who is accused by the...
Turkey pushed allies to soften NATO statement alleging state hijacking of passenger plane by...
Turkey pushed NATO allies into watering down an official reaction to the forced landing by Belarus of a passenger plane and the detention of...
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