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...
Iranian activist in Turkish custody faces risk of deportation after 45 days of detention
Mohammad Abbaspour, a political activist from southwestern Iran who sought asylum in Turkey, has been detained by Turkish security forces for 45 days and...
Another night raid targeting a Turk’s house reported in Pakistan over links to Gülen...
Following the abduction of former director of Pak-Turk schools Mesut Kaçmaz and his family including two young daughters in the wee hours of Wednesday in Lahore, another...
Abduction of 6 Turks in Kosovo point to Turkish embassies’ key role in illegal...
The recent abduction of six Turkish nationals who were affiliated with the Gülen movement in Kosovo has confirmed the key role of Turkish embassies...
Erdoğan’s Long Arm: The Case Of Norway
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- Erdoğan’s long arm reaches to Norway, targeting critics of Turkish government
Turkey has escalated its witch hunt persecution on critics to Norway using...
Turkey’s witch hunt of critics was expanded to India
Turkey’s relentless campaign to hunt down critics of the Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan abroad reached as far as India, judicial documents...
Kyrgyz protestors demand authorities locate missing educator
Hundreds of people have been protesting since Tuesday in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek, demanding that authorities find the president of a prestigious school...
Kyrgyzstan calls on Turkey to immediately return abducted educator İnandı
Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday called on Turkey to return educator Orhan İnandı, who was abducted by the Turkish Intelligence Agency (MİT), and take all necessary...
Turkey plans to use INTERPOL event to mislead international community, US senator says
A US senator has said the Turkish government plans to use the upcoming INTERPOL General Assembly in İstanbul to lie to and mislead the...
[Interview] Dr. Dana Moss calls on the UN to appoint a special rapporteur on...
Dr. Dana Moss, who developed the term ’’transnational repression,” in an interview with the Stockholm Center for Freedom called on the United Nations to...
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Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
This report focuses on the inflammatory rhetoric and illegal acts motivated by prejudice faced by refugees who fled the civil war in Syria to...
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...