Turkish businessman with ties to Gülen movement deported from Algeria
N.N.K., a Turkish businessman with alleged ties to the Gülen movement living in Algeria, was deported to Turkey following a joint effort on the...
Turkish diplomats in North Macedonia spied on residents in breach of Vienna conventions: report
Turkish government documents obtained by Nordic Monitor have confirmed that critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were spied on by Turkish diplomats in Skopje...
Turkish diplomatic missions in the US are hunting down critics of President Erdoğan: report
Turkish diplomatic missions in the United States are continuing to profile critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in parallel to an ongoing witch-hunt in...
Turkish Embassy in Sweden spied on exiled journalist and critics, documents reveal
In a blatant violation of international conventions, Turkish diplomats and consular officers in Sweden have gathered intelligence about exiled Turkish journalist Abdullah Bozkurt and...
Spying by Turkish diplomats in Switzerland triggered criminal investigation in Turkey: report
The Turkish government used its diplomats in Switzerland to profile opponents of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and gather intelligence about them to help...
Turkish Embassy in Tbilisi spied on asylum seekers, secret documents reveal
The Turkish Embassy in Tbilisi spied on 52 Turkish citizens who had sought political asylum in Georgia, official correspondence of the Turkish National Police,...
Moldova to ask Turkey to extradite oligarch Plahotniuc, former politician allegedly behind deportation of...
Moldova’s prosecutor general will ask Turkish authorities to extradite the former leader of the Democratic Party (PDM), oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc, who was allegedly behind...
Erdoğan critics profiled by Turkish Embassy in Oslo included in terrorism indictment in Turkey:...
Critics of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who had been profiled by the Turkish Embassy in Oslo were included in a terrorism probe based...
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...
Turkey signed secret agreements to abduct dissidents from foreign countries: UN letter
The Turkish government signed bilateral security cooperation agreements with multiple states that were phrased ambiguously to allow for the expulsion or abduction of Turkish...
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This report focuses on how illegal pushbacks by Greek authorities have devastating consequences on Turkish asylum seekers upon their return to Turkey.
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