human rights
Turkey/Kyrgyzstan: Rendition of Turkish-Kyrgyz Educator
World
July 8, 2021
Turkey/Kyrgyzstan: Rendition of Turkish-Kyrgyz Educator
Turkish and Kyrgyz authorities abducted, forcibly disappeared, and extrajudicially transferred a dual Turkish-Kyrgyz national living in Bishkek to Turkey, Human…
Kyrgyzstan’s further steps in Orhan Inandi’s case depend upon Turkey – Foreign Ministry
World
July 7, 2021
Kyrgyzstan’s further steps in Orhan Inandi’s case depend upon Turkey – Foreign Ministry
The Parliament of Kyrgyzstan today considered the situation with abduction of Sapat education network President and Kyrgyz citizen Orhan Inandi…
Abducted From Kyrgyzstan, Educator Orhan Inandi Paraded in Turkey as a ‘Terrorist’
World
July 5, 2021
Abducted From Kyrgyzstan, Educator Orhan Inandi Paraded in Turkey as a ‘Terrorist’
Three weeks after reportedly replying to an inquiry directly from Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov that he did not know Orhan…
Turkey uses ambiguous counterterrorism laws to silence opposition: report
Turkey
June 22, 2021
Turkey uses ambiguous counterterrorism laws to silence opposition: report
Membership in an armed terrorist organization as defined in the Counterterrorism Law (TMK) and a controversial article of the Turkish…
IPU urges Turkey to end continued arbitrary detention of former opposition MP
Turkey
June 13, 2021
IPU urges Turkey to end continued arbitrary detention of former opposition MP
The Governing Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), a global organization of national parliaments, has said in a recent decision…
Yusuf Satılmış: Turkish Embassy in Kyiv refused to process my passport and ID card application
Ukraine
May 26, 2021
Yusuf Satılmış: Turkish Embassy in Kyiv refused to process my passport and ID card application
Members of the Hizmet Movement (Gülen Movement) in Ukraine were worried about the issue negotiated at the head-to-head meeting between…
Officials involved in illegal deportation of Turkish teachers indicted by Kosovar court
Turkey
May 22, 2021
Officials involved in illegal deportation of Turkish teachers indicted by Kosovar court
A court in Pristina has accepted the indictment of three officials involved in the illegal deportation of six Turkish teachers…
Turkish gov’t abducted teacher in Kenya over relationship to Gülen, wife claims
Turkey
May 21, 2021
Turkish gov’t abducted teacher in Kenya over relationship to Gülen, wife claims
The wife of a teacher who is a nephew of US-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gülen has claimed that her husband…
Turkish authorities arrest 76-year-old man suffering from stage three cancer
Turkey
March 31, 2021
Turkish authorities arrest 76-year-old man suffering from stage three cancer
Eyvaz Akıncı, 76, was arrested on March 21 and sent to Istanbul’s Metris Prison for alleged links to a terrorist…
US report highlights Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen movement after coup attempt
Turkey
March 31, 2021
US report highlights Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen movement after coup attempt
A report by the US State Department regarding a series of “significant human rights issues” in Turkey has highlighted the…