Turkey denies citizenship to some Uyghur refugees: report
Turkey has rejected the citizenship applications of some Uyghur refugees due to risks to the country's "national security" or "social order," Voice of America...
132 incidents of direct, physical transnational repression perpetrated by Turkey since 2014: Freedom House
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US lists widespread human rights violations in Turkey in annual report
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Brazilian supreme court releases Turkish-Brazilian businessman sought by Erdoğan gov’t over Gülen links
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) has ordered the release of Turkish-Brazilian businessman Mustafa Göktepe, who was arrested last week at the request of the...
Turkish teacher put on plane by Turkish police after detention at Myanmar airport
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Myanmar-based teacher M. Furkan Sökmen was put on a Turkish Airlines flight by Turkish police and Turkish Embassy staff on Friday after he and...
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...
Kosovo President Thaci: Arrest of Gülen movement members was wrong
Kosovar President Hashim Thaci in a televised interview with T7 admitted for the first time that the arrest and deportation of six Turkish men...
Turkey requests Interpol Red Notice for NBA star Kanter on terrorism charges
The government of Turkey on Tuesday requested that Interpol issue a Red Notice for a Turkish NBA player Enes Kanter on allegations of membership...
Turkish diplomats spied on Erdoğan critics in Nepal, triggered criminal investigation, documents reveal
The Turkish government used its diplomats to profile opponents of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Nepal and gather intelligence about them to help...
German gov’t contacted Kyrgyzstan about missing educator: report
An official from the German Foreign Ministry has revealed that the federal government contacted Kyrgyz authorities earlier this month regarding the situation of a...
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