human rights
Hizmet Movement Declares Core Values with Unified Voice
World
September 22, 2021
Hizmet Movement Declares Core Values with Unified Voice
Today, the Alliance for Shared Values (AfSV), a U.S.-based non-profit representing regional Hizmet organizations, together with many other Hizmet-affiliated nonprofits…
Tribunal to adjudicate Turkey’s rights record
Turkey
September 17, 2021
Tribunal to adjudicate Turkey’s rights record
The Turkey Tribunal, a civil society-led, symbolic international tribunal established to adjudicate recent human rights violations in Turkey including torture,…
CoE fails to start infringement proceedings against Turkey in Kavala, Demirtaş cases
Turkey
September 17, 2021
CoE fails to start infringement proceedings against Turkey in Kavala, Demirtaş cases
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has failed to start infringement proceedings against Turkey due to the…
FILE | The facts of 15 July 2016 coup attempt
Turkey
August 29, 2021
FILE | The facts of 15 July 2016 coup attempt
Facts of July 15 gathered in one work from A. Burak Akif. In the early years of the AKP rule,…
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…