ECtHR faults Azerbaijan for violating rights of 4 Turkish teachers illegally deported to Turkey
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Azerbaijan violated the rights of four Turkish teachers who had worked at private schools...
Teacher abducted from Kyrgyzstan recounts torture, death threats in custody: report
A report drafted by a bar association in Turkey has revealed how a Turkish educator renditioned to Turkey from Kyrgyzstan by Turkish intelligence in 2021...
Enforced disappearances must be investigated by an independent committee, lawmaker says
Enforced disappearances must be investigated by an independent committee, said Sezgin Tanrıkulu, a human rights defender and deputy from the Republican People's Party, ANKA...
7 countries pledge to strengthen fight against transnational repression: report
Seven democratic governments have endorsed a new declaration pledging to take greater steps to combat the authoritarian practice of transnational repression, the Washington-based Freedom...
Turkish Embassy in Sweden spied on exiled journalist and critics, documents reveal
In a blatant violation of international conventions, Turkish diplomats and consular officers in Sweden have gathered intelligence about exiled Turkish journalist Abdullah Bozkurt and...
Turkish police believe Saudi journalist was killed at consulate
Turkish authorities believe that prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who disappeared four days ago after entering Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, was killed inside...
Turkey’s foreign minister urges North Macedonia to join fight against Gülen movement
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has called on North Macedonia's newly elected government to join its fight against the faith-based Gülen movement, the Balkan...
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...
Erdoğan confirms rendition of educator by Turkish intelligence from Kyrgyzstan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday acknowledged that Turkish-Kyrgyz educator Orhan İnandı, who went missing in Bishkek on the night of May 31,...
Turkey secretly plots to bypass INTERPOL rules to target exiled journalist in Sweden
A classified memo issued by Turkey’s Security General Directorate (Emniyet) reveals covert efforts to circumvent INTERPOL rules in order to secure an international arrest...
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Turkey's campaign of transnational repression against critics abroad continued throughout 2025. Since a coup attempt in July 2016, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...