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Turkey’s Transnational Repression: 2021 in Review

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long arm has reached tens of thousands of Turkish citizens abroad, from spying through diplomatic missions and pro-government diaspora organizations...

Turkey’s intelligence agency sees dramatic increase in 2022 budget

A record amount of TL 825 million ($60.9 million) from the presidency investment budget has been allocated to Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) as...

Civil servant abducted by Turkish intelligence forced to testify against opposition deputies while in detention

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a deputy from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), said during budget talks on Friday that a man who was abducted and...

‘I am tired of waiting,’ says father of Yusuf Bilge Tunç, who disappeared 26 months ago

“The authorities aren’t doing anything to find my son, and I’m tired of waiting,” said Mustafa Tunç, father of Yusuf Bilge Tunç, a former...

Enforced disappearances in Turkey: an old habit or a new trend?

Turkey has a long history of state-sponsored abductions and enforced disappearances, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s. At the beginning of this century, this grim...

Freedom House report shows extent of Turkey’s transnational repression policy

A report by Freedom House on global transnational repression published today reveals the intensity, geographic reach and suddenness of the Turkish government’s campaign targeting...

Families suspect abducted Gülen followers subjected to torture

Families of four Gülen followers who appeared in police custody after being missing since February revealed that their loved ones might have been subjected to torture,...

Gülen schoolteacher abducted in Azerbaijan after questioning by prosecutor: report

Mehmet Gelen, a Turkish schoolteacher in Azerbaijan, was reportedly abducted on Saturday by Turkish intelligence agents after questioning by a local prosecutor and was...

Turkey says operations targeting Gülen movement could extend to US

Turkey’s presidential spokesman İbrahim Kalın said during a press conference on Friday that the Turkish government would continue its global manhunt for followers of...

Another post-coup victim abducted in broad daylight in Turkey

Murat Okumuş, a 40-year-old accountant who was a manager at the government-closed Şifa University Hospital in Izmir, has been abducted, marking the second forced...

Report: Turkey resumes illegal abductions, enforced disappearances

A new study has revealed that the Turkish government has resumed illegal abductions and enforced disappearances that were believed to be a thing of...

CHP deputy asks about 7 abducted purge victims in parliamentary question

Republican People's Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu has submitted a parliamentary question to the Parliament Speaker's Office in which he asks about the...

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