February 2020

Faruk Güllü, one of the owners of the leading baklava maker Güllüoğlu Baklava, was given a prison sentence of eight years, nine months over links to Turkey’s Gülen group, accused of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The group denies any involvement in the attempt. The same court also ruled for Güllü’s release due to […]

Arlet Natali Avazyan, an Armenian-origin Turkish human rights activist, was detained following a police raid on her house on Tuesday. The reason for her detention is currenlty unknown. Avazyan is known in Turkey with her tweets that are in critical of the Turkish government. Last week, She launched a fundraising campaign and raised €50,000 in

Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines has fired one of its pilots after he openly criticized the Turkish government on a live TV interview following a Pegasus passenger plane skidding off the runway last Wednesday. Bahadır Altan, a former military pilot who was working for the company as a technical consultant and trainer, tweeted Saturday that his contract

A prosecutor is seeking life in prison for Osman Kavala, a Turkish businessman and a human rights activist, for “seeking to overthrow the government” through the Gezi Park protests in 2013. According to the Turkish media, two other suspects — Yiğit Aksakoğlu and Mücella Yapıcı — are also facing life in prison on similar charges.

Büşra Öztürk, a Turkish woman with a 22-day-old baby, was detained by police in Ankara on Wednesday for alleged links to the Gülen group, which the Turkish government accuses of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016. The group denies any involvement in the failed attempt. According to Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a member of parliament and

Turkish police have detained a total of 1,768 people throughout January over alleged links to the Gülen group, an Interior Ministry spokesperson announced on Tuesday. The group is accused by the government of orchestrating an abortive putsch in 2016 despite its denial of any involvement, Following the coup 2016 attempt, the Turkish government launched a