Educator İnandı tortured and his arm broken in 3 places, wife says
Orhan İnandı, a Turkish-Kyrgyz educator rendered from Kyrgyzstan by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), was tortured and his right arm broken in three places by Turkish...
Turkey denies entry to Uyghur resident returning from religious pilgrimage
Turkish authorities have barred a Uyghur man possessing a long-term residence permit from re-entering the country after a religious pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, citing...
VIDEO — A Turkish national abducted in Malaysia by operatives linked to Turkey’s Erdoğan
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A Turkish national was abducted in Kuala Lumpur on a broad daylight by unknown operatives who are believed to be affiliated with Turkish government...
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...
Turkey requests Interpol Red Notice for NBA star Kanter on terrorism charges
The government of Turkey on Tuesday requested that Interpol issue a Red Notice for a Turkish NBA player Enes Kanter on allegations of membership...
Turkish Embassy in Wellington spied on Erdogan critics, profiled unsuspecting residents in New Zealand:...
Critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan profiled by Turkish diplomats in New Zealand were charged with “membership in a terrorist group” by a Turkish...
[Interview] Turkey is the worst of the worst when it comes to transnational repression:...
Transnational repression expert Dr. Edward Lemon said in an interview with the Stockholm Center for Freedom that Turkey was one of the countries that...
President Erdoğan discusses Uyghurs with his Chinese counterpart in phone call
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in a phone call on Tuesday that it’s important to Turkey that Uyghur Muslims...
Family of missing Syrian human rights activist says they feel unsafe in Turkey
The wife of Ahmed Katie, a Syrian human rights activist who went missing in İstanbul in late November, has announced that she and her...
Karaman and Özçelik, Turkish nationals deported illegally by Malaysian gov’t, arrested by Ankara court
Turkish educators Turgay Karaman and İsmet Özçelik, who were turned over to Turkey by Malaysian government under questionable circumstances with a total disregard to due...
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