Erdoğan’s long arm: Deutsche Bank closes accounts of Erdoğan opponents without giving any reason
Germany’s Deutsche Bank has closed the accounts of three opponents of Turkey’s authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan without providing a reason, possibly over dubious...
Turkey seeks extradition of 1,269 from 112 countries over alleged Gülen links
Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç on Wednesday said the Turkish government has sought the extradition of 1,269 people living in exile in 112 countries over alleged links...
UK Home Office report highlights persecution of Gülen movement in Turkey
The United Kingdom Home Office has released an update on its Country Policy and Information Note on the faith-based Gülen movement in Turkey, which...
Turkish court arrests 6 people abducted by MİT in Kosovo
A Turkish court on Wednesday evening arrested six people who were abducted in Kosovo and brought back to Turkey by its notorious National Intelligence Organisation...
Praising abductions, Erdoğan says Gülen will be brought to Turkey, too
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday praised the abduction of people allegedly linked to the faith-based Gülen movement by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization...
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...
HRW, Norwegian NGO urge Turkey not to return Tajik dissidents
Human Rights Watch and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee on Tuesday released a statement expressing concern over the recent disappearance of several people linked to...
More than 100 people abducted thanks to ‘intelligence diplomacy’: Turkey’s vice president
Vice President Fuat Oktay said in a speech in parliament that more than 100 people with alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, have...
Document exposes large-scale spying campaign on critics in Australia by Turkish diplomats
The Turkish government used its diplomats in Australia to carry out a large-scale spying campaign on opponents of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and...
Teacher abducted by Turkish intelligence denied surgery for 16 months after arm broken during...
A Turkish educator abducted from Kyrgyzstan by Turkish intelligence in 2021 has told an opposition lawmaker that he was denied surgery for 16 months...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...