Missing educator İnandı being held in Turkish Embassy in Bishkek, wife claims

The wife of educator Orhan İnandı who went missing in Bishkek on the evening of May 31 said on Sunday that her husband is currently being...

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...

Press Freedom in Turkey: 2021 in Review

The Turkish government continued to muzzle the press in 2021 in a variety of ways, including imprisoning journalists and using regulatory authorities to exert...

Turkey’s intelligence agency confirms abduction of more than 100 people with alleged links to...

Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has confirmed in its yearly report that it conducted operations for the forcible return of more than 100 people...

Turkey’s Transnational Repression: 2023 in Review

Since a coup attempt in July 2016, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm has reached tens of thousands of Turkish citizens abroad. From...

Turkish intelligence conducted covert surveillance against dissidents in Strasbourg, documents reveal

Classified documents obtained by Nordic Monitor revealed that Turkish intelligence conducted a covert surveillance and monitoring operation against dissidents in Strasbourg, France, a city...

Turkey’s bid for INTERPOL presidency reignites scrutiny of its rights record and notice abuses

Turkey, widely criticized for abusing INTERPOL’s notice system to target political opponents abroad, has emerged as a frontrunner for the organization’s presidency, raising concerns...

Video shows Malaysian police detained Turkish expats at Turkey’s request

https://turkeypurge.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Untitled-1.mp4 A recent video recording submitted to Turkey Purge shows that Malaysia was detaining three Turks in the country at the request of Turkish government. Malay police...

Report: Turkey’s MİT abducts Turkish businessman from Sudan

Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has abducted a Gülen movement-affiliated businessman from Sudan, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Monday. According to the news...

Pro-gov’t daily: Turkey, Russia could conduct joint operation to abduct Fethullah Gülen

Turkey and Russia could carry out a joint operation to abduct US-based Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen to Turkey due to Gülen’s alleged role in...

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