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Turkish gov’t accused of intervening in recruitment at Europe’s top rights court

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Document shows Turkish diplomats spied on an Erdogan critic who was kidnapped in Kenya

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Turkish gov’t refuses to release inmates despite detection of coronavirus in overcrowded prisons

March 23, 2020

Nordic Monitor President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Islamist government has rejected calls from human rights organizations to release inmates from...

Turkish Airlines accused of violating security, immigration and labor laws abroad

Erdoğan’s chief aide called media owner to kill story claiming he was a womanizer

February 17, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt A chief aide to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called the owner of a media group to...

Turkish diplomat who coordinated abductions in Kosovo named human rights chief in Turkey

February 10, 2020

Nordic Monitor In what can be seen as a scandalous move by the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...

Turkish spy agency abducted former NATO intel officer, tortured him for days

NATO officer, abducted and tortured by Turkish intelligence, reveals horrific details

February 10, 2020

Nordic Monitor A Turkish lieutenant colonel who had been assigned to NATO headquarters and who was abducted and tortured...

Details of brutal torture at Turkey’s black site exposed

January 30, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt The gruesome details of torture and abuse perpetrated by Turkish police at a black site in 2016...

Top Turkish general’s aide was tortured at a secret location

December 30, 2019

Abdullah Bozkurt A chief sergeant who was assigned to the residence of Turkey’s chief of general staff was falsely...

OSCE report criticizes Turkey over debate on death penalty

December 11, 2019

Nordic Monitor The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for...

Turkish army’s own images confirm the use of excessive military force in Kurdish city

by Levent Kenez

December 8, 2019

Levent Kenez Images recently obtained by Nordic Monitor show yet again that the Turkish military used heavy weapons including artillery...

Turkish gov’t planned a campaign of arrest prior to coup attempt, classified document shows

by Levent Kenez

April 29, 2021

Levent Kenez A review of a confidential Turkish military document reveals how the first group of more than 7,000...

Secret plan put in motion to expel officer who criticized Erdoğan on counterterrorism, peace process