Bipartisan Policy Center: Corruption becomes policy instrument in Erdoğan’s Turkey
Corruption has become an instrument of policy and rule in the hands of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP)...
Another night raid targeting a Turk’s house reported in Pakistan over links to Gülen...
Following the abduction of former director of Pak-Turk schools Mesut Kaçmaz and his family including two young daughters in the wee hours of Wednesday in Lahore, another...
Turkish intelligence allegedly abducted Turkish businessman from Tajikistan
A Turkish businessman living in Tajikistan was allegedly abducted on Saturday morning by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT), the Kronos news website reported.
Koray Vural, a...
Turkey’s top court rejects application from abducted teacher’s wife
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has found inadmissible an individual application filed by the wife of a teacher who was the alleged victim of an enforced...
Spouse of missing educator appeals to Kyrgyz president to find her husband
Reyhan İnandı, the wife of Turkish-Kyrgyz educator Orhan İnandı, appealed to Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov on Thursday to find her husband, who went missing...
Kurdish activist sentenced to death in Iran faces deportation from Turkey
A Kurdish human rights activist sentenced to death in Iran has been detained in Turkey and now faces deportation, the Mezopotamya News Agency (MA)...
Amnesty International launches urgent action for 3 Turkish nationals arrested in Malaysia
Amnesty International (AI) has launched an “Urgent Action” for three Turkish men arrested in Malaysia and at the risk of torture. AI has published...
Kenyan official defends violent capture and repatriation of UN- protected Turkish refugees
Kenyan Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing’oei told diplomats in Nairobi that Kenya’s deportation of four UN-protected Turkish refugees was driven by its unwillingness...
Man captured by MİT abroad over terrorist links claims he was tortured in Turkey...
A man who was reported to have been captured abroad due to alleged terrorist links and brought to Turkey in July claimed that he...
HRCP calls for immediate release of abducted Turkish family in Pakistan
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for the immediate release of former Director of Pak-Turk school Mesut Kaçmaz’s and his family...
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