Transnational Repression

Transnational Repression

Cellmate: Teacher abducted by Turkey’s MİT from Malaysia subjected to torture in Ankara

Alaettin Duman, a teacher in Malaysia who in 2016 was abducted by agents of the notorious Turkish National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) from Malaysia's capital...

Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens Kosovo PM Haradinaj: You will pay the price for this

Autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticised Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on Saturday for dismissing the country's interior minister and intelligence chief on...

Int’l human rights bodies slam abduction of 6 Turkish nationals in Kosovo

International human rights organisations have slammed the abduction of six Turkish nationals in Kosovo and their illegal removal to Turkey, characterizing the scandal as a...

Abduction of 6 Turks in Kosovo point to Turkish embassies’ key role in illegal...

The recent abduction of six Turkish nationals who were affiliated with the Gülen movement in Kosovo has confirmed the key role of Turkish embassies...

Local sources say 6 abducted Gülen movement followers still in Kosovo

Six people who used to work at schools affiliated with the Gülen movement are still being held in Kosovo, according to reliable local sources. The...

Kosovo PM sacks security chief, interior minister over abduction of 6 Turkish citizens

Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on Friday dismissed the interior minister and the secret service chief after the arrest and extradition to Turkey of...

Reliable sources: 6 abducted Turkish educators still kept in Kosovo

The reliable local sources in Kosovo informed Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) on Thursday that the detained 5 Turkish educators and an academician have...

Turkish FM bashes Kazakh journalist for question over abduction scandal in Switzerland

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Friday refused to answer two questions from a Kazakh journalist during a joint press conference in Astana, likening...

Switzerland probes Turkish diplomats’ plot to kidnap pro-Gülen businessman

Switzerland is investigating whether Turkish diplomats planned to drug and kidnap a Swiss-Turkish businessman who is an alleged member of the Gülen movement, as...

Two volunteers of Gülen movement reportedly abducted after released by Azerbaijani court

Two Turkish citizens, who were detained in Azerbaijan over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, were abducted by unidentified persons following the release...

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