Transnational Repression

Transnational Repression

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...

Turkish teacher Çabuk arrested by Georgian court upon Turkish government’s request

Mustafa Emre Çabuk, a Turkish teacher with a valid Georgian residence permit, was sent to prison by a Tbilisi court hours after he was detained...

Kyrgyz authorities have no right to search Turkish Embassy for İnandı: interior ministry

Kyrgyz authorities have no right to carry out a search of Turkey’s diplomatic premises in Bishkek for educator Orhan İnandı, who is allegedly being...

Erdoğan’s long arm reaches to Norway, targeting critics of Turkish government

Turkey has escalated its witch hunt persecution on critics to Norway using government institutions, quasi-official parallel structures and affiliated NGOs, a report released by Stockholm...

Businessman illegally brought to Turkey from Iraq arrested over Gülen links 

A Turkish businessman who was illegally brought to Turkey from Iraq by the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has been arrested on terrorism charges due...

US senators introduce bipartisan Transnational Repression Policy Act

Four members of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee -- Democrats Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Ben Cardin of Maryland, and Republicans Marco Rubio...

Turkish businessman abducted in Baku on Thursday put in prison in İstanbul on Friday

Turkish businessman Mustafa Ceyhan, who was abducted by unknown people in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, on Thursday over his alleged affiliation with...

COMMENTARY — Utah case exposes more dirt on Turkey’s Erdoğan

By Abdullah Bozkurt Another fraud scheme that extends to the United States has implicated the corrupt Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in what is seen...

132 incidents of direct, physical transnational repression perpetrated by Turkey since 2014: Freedom House

A report by Freedom House on transnational repression reveals that Turkish authorities have committed 132 incidents, or 15 percent of the total, of direct,...

Turkish diplomats profiled Erdoğan critics in Turkmenistan

Turkish diplomatic mission in Turkmenistan engaged in a campaign of intelligence gathering and collected information on the activities of critics of Turkish President Recep...

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