Businessman who went missing in Azerbaijan rendered to Turkey by MİT
Uğur Demirok, a Turkish businessman who went missing in Azerbaijan on Sept. 6, was abducted and illegally brought to Turkey by the National Intelligence...
Man abducted from Tajikistan faces risk of torture, Turkish MP says
Opposition deputy and leading rights advocate Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu expressed concern on Wednesday that Koray Vural, a businessman who is believed to have been...
20 rights groups condemn forced return of UN-protected Turkish nationals
An alliance of 20 human rights, legal advocacy and social justice organizations has condemned the Kenyan government after it admitted that it deported four...
FİDH sends letter to Pakistan authorities concerning forcible repatriation of 289 Turkish citizens
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), an international umbrella organization for human rights, has sent a letter to Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain, Pakistan Prime...
Turkey tries to snatch Gülen supporters in Gabon
Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm has reached to West African nation Gabon where four Turkish nationals who work at Hizmet-linked school...
Turkish FM says over 100 members of Gülen movement abducted abroad and brought to...
Over 100 alleged members of the Gülen movement have been abducted abroad by Turkey's National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) and brought back to Turkey as...
Turkish diplomats in North Macedonia spied on residents in breach of Vienna conventions: report
Turkish government documents obtained by Nordic Monitor have confirmed that critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were spied on by Turkish diplomats in Skopje...
Kyrgyz hold vigil in hope of finding missing educator
Kyrgyz who have been protesting since the suspicious disappearance of an educator in the country held a silent vigil in Bishkek on Monday in...
İnandı kidnapped by 3 Kyrgyz men, put on plane after several hours in a...
Orhan İnandı, Turkish-Kyrgyz educator rendered from Kyrgyzstan by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), was kidnapped by three Kyrgyz men, blindfolded and driven for several...
Abducted teacher says he does not have access to proper healthcare in prison
Zabit Kişi, a former teacher who was abducted from Kazakhstan by Turkish intelligence agency MİT, said in a letter to Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP)...
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Human Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2022. Authoritarianism continued to gain ground...
Pushbacks of Turkish asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey: Violation of the principle of...
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This report focuses on how illegal pushbacks by Greek authorities have devastating consequences on Turkish asylum seekers upon their return to Turkey.
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