Turkey’s spy agency forcibly returns Gülen’s nephew from Kenya
Turkish spies have arrested and brought back to Turkey a nephew living in Kenya of Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who is accused by the...
Afghans collect 1 million signatures to prevent seizure of Turkish schools by Erdoğan regime
Afghans have collected 1 million signatures to prevent the transfer of Turkish schools founded by businessmen and operated by educators allegedly affiliated with the...
UN ‘deeply concerned’ by Kenya’s return of Turkish refugees
The United Nations expressed concern Tuesday over the repatriation of four Turkish refugees from Kenya who rights groups say were abducted and forcibly returned in violation...
Turkish journalist Erdoğdu appeals for help as new abduction list appears in Ukrainian media
Yunus Erdoğdu, a Kiev-based Turkish journalist, has called for help as a list of 10 people including him was published in the Ukrainian media...
Protests for missing educator İnandı continue in European cities
Human rights activists are gathering in European cities to protest Ankara’s alleged sanctioning of enforced disappearances and to stand in solidarity with educator Orhan...
SCF report on Malaysia exposes abductions by Erdoğan’s long arm in Asia
Turkey has adopted a new thuggish tactic in persecuting its critics and opponents abroad by orchestrating abductions, enforced disappearance and extrajudicial renditions in addition...
Pakistan government violates UNHCR status by deporting Kaçmaz Family to Turkey
The repercussions of the deportation of Turkish teacher Mesut Kaçmaz (43) and his family by Pakistan government to Turkey on early Saturday, despite of...
Georgia detains a Turkish educator at request of Turkish PM Yıldırım during his visit
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Georgia has detained Mustafa Emre Çabuk, a Turkish educator who has lived in Georgia and has served for Georgian people for last 15 years on Wednesday...
[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...
Turkish expatriate in Germany attacked over Gülen links in apparent hate crime
A Turkish man who has been residing in Germany for 41 years was attacked in an apparent hate crime by the Turkish owner of...
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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.
In recent years...