Hundreds gather in Strasbourg to demand justice for victims of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
Hundreds of activists and victims of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown gathered in front of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg on Friday to protest rights violations in Turkey. Protestors, joined by former leader of the UK’s Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn...
Pre-trial detention over Bylock use violates applicants’ rights: ECtHR
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey over the pre-trial detention of a Turkish citizen on account of his alleged use of the ByLock messaging application, a mobile app that the government claims to be the top communication tool among Gulen...
German authorities urge Kyrgyz gov’t to figure out whereabouts of missing educator
German authorities has urged the Kyrgyz government to figure out the whereabouts of Orhan İnandı, a Kyrgyz citizen of Turkish origin who is feared to have been abducted by the Turkish Intelligence over alleged Gulen links. Today marks the 16th day of İnandı's...
U.S. Congressman says İnandı’s abduction “a crime against humanity, democracy”
Randy Weber, a member of the United States House of Representatives, has said during a public meeting that the disappearance of Orhan İnandı, a Kyrgyz citizen of Turkish origin who is feared to have been abducted by the Turkish Intelligence, is "a crime against...
Hundreds in Bishkek call on Kyrgyz authorities to locate missing educator
Dozens of protestors gathered in front of the Prime Ministry in Bishkek on Wednesday to call on Kyrgyz authorities to figure out the whereabouts of Orhan İnandı, a Turkish-Kyrgyz educator who is feared to have been abducted by Turkey’s National Intelligence...
UN Human Rights Committee calls on authorities to locate missing Kyrgyz educator
UN Human Rights Committee calls has called on the Kyrgyz authorities to take all measure to locate and guarantee the physicals and mental integrity of Orhan İnandı, a Kyrgyz citizen of Turkish origin who is feared to have been abducted by Turkey’s National...
Human rights activists say İnandı might end up as Jamal Khashoggi
Several leading journalists and human rights activists around the world believe that illegal detention of Orhan İnandı in building housing the Turkish embassy in Bishkek may end up as another "Khashoggi situation." İnandı, a Turkish citizen who is feared to have been...
Turkey has rendered more than 100 from 20 countries around the world since 2016, says Freedom House research strategy director
The Turkish government has rendered more than 100 citizens from at least 20 countries around the world since a coup attempt in July 15, 2016, according to Nate Schenkkan, the director of research strategy at Freedom House. "Turkey has rendered LOTS of people since...
Interpol to assist Kyrgyz authorities in search of missing Turkish citizen
The International Criminal Police Organization, commonly known as INTERPOL, is reportedly in process of assisting the Kyrgyz authorities in search of Orhan İnandı, a Turkish citizen who is feared to have been abducted by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization...
Human Rights Foundation expresses concern over kidnapping of Turkish educator by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization
Human Rights Foundation has expressed concerns over the recent kidnapping of a Turkish national living in Kyrgyzstan by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT). Releasing a written statement on Wednesday, the foundation said called on the Kyrgyz president to...
Take Action: Sign petition to call on Kyrgyz authorities to prevent illegal deportation of Turkish educator to Turkey
An online petition has been launched by Amnesty International to call on Kyrgyz authorities to prevent the illegal deportation of a Turkish citizen abducted by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) as part of Erdogan government’s intense crackdown on...
9 international human rights groups call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
9 international human rights groups have called on governments aroud the world, NGOs and the UN to push the Turkish government to release political prisoners and "condemn its use of the pandemic to further target human rights defenders." The right groups -- Raoul...
U.S. House Committee Chair calls on Turkish President Erdogan to release purge-victim prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
Eliot L. Engel, Democrat of New York and the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, wrote a letter last week calling on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to release journalists, civil society activists, and members of the political opposition "who do...
Documentary “Crossing Maritsa” is set for release on Youtube this Sunday
Crossin Maritsa, a documentary exploring the life of those who fled the post-coup purge in Turkey via illegal means, is set for release on Youtube this upcoming Sunday. "Finally!!! It was a long, difficult and touching journey we had while producing our documentary...
HRW, EP officials call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners to stem COVID-19
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and several EP officialls have called on the Turkish government to release all political prisoners to stem COVID-19 spread. Nacho Sánchez Amor, the European Parliament’s standing rapporteur on Turkey, and Sergey Lagodinsky and the chair of the...
EP rapporteur calls on Turkey to release purge-victim journalists, civilians to stem COVID-19
The European Parliament’s Turkey rapporteur, Nacho Sanchez Amor, has called on the Turkish government to release hundreds of imprisoned journalists, lawyers, activists and human rights defenders within the scope of a new amnesty bill drafted due to serious health...
Turkey remains ‘not free’ according to Freedom House annual report
Turkey remains in the “not free” category in the “Freedom in the World 2020” report published by the Washington-based Freedom House on Wednesday. Freedom House kept Turkey in the “not free” category to which it was downgraded from the “partly free” status in the 2018...
Take Action: Sign petition to reunite purge-victim mother with 8-year old cancer patient son in Germany ||
An online petition has been launched to re-unite an eight-year-old Turkish kid who is receiving cancer treatment in Germany, with his mother, who is not allowed to leave Turkey due to a travel ban. The kid -- Ahmet Burhan Ataç, -- went to Germany on January 26 for a...