A total of 593 people were detained in the past week as part of a nation-wide investigation inti Turkey’s Gülen group, the Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday. Turkish police had also detained 831 others the previous week for their alleged links to the group. Turkey survived a military coup attempt on July 15 that […]
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An Antalya man is being treated for superficial burns after setting himself alight in front of the Antalya governor’s office on Wednesday. The 55-year old man named Metin Sürücü, doused himself in petrol and set himself alight after he was denied a meeting with deputy governor Canan Hançer Baştürk. Sürücü told media that he was a
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Turkey is going through its darkest and gloomiest days in terms of rule of law, the right to a fair trial and even the most fundamental rights and liberties, which are major benchmarks for democracy. Intellectuals, journalists, critical politicians, businesspeople, celebrities and media organizations are being silenced via threats and jailed. A recent report released by
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Turkish police teams on Monday detained at least 51 individuals on accusations that they use a smart phone application known as ByLock, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency reported. In Merzifon, a total of 17 public servants and lawyers were detained early on Monday and 4 of those were put in pre-trial detention later the same
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Sezgin Tanrıkulu, a Turkish deputy from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has called on Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım to stop the practice of detaining women hours after giving birth due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, which is accused by Turkish authorities of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016.
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A Canakkale-based university student, identified as U.A., was rounded up for wearing a T-shirt bearing the words “part time hero,” Turkish media reported on Sunday. The incident came amid consecutive detentions of people who wore ‘hero’ T-shirts across the country. Gendarmerie forces detained U.A. in Sevketiye village where he had reportedly come for work, upon
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A Bartin man, identified with his initials D.G., was bound to a chair and pushed into sea on multiple times as police officers tortured him while under custody, according to Aktifhaber online news portal. Detained as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement in the northern province of Bartin in October 2016, D.G. was
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‘FETÖ Syndrome’ has emerged as an ever-spreading paranoia that causes many people to leave Turkey while also preventing many others even from shopping at the grocery stores considered as tied to the Gülen movement, according to Turkish psychotherapist Çağatay Öztürk. FETÖ is a derogatory buzzword, coined by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who calls the Gülen
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A graphic video circulating on social media that purportedly shows Turkish soldiers beating a group of young Syrian refugees who were caught trying to enter Turkey, has prompted an investigation by the Turkish military and prosecutors. In a video footage, posted on Twitter on July 31, several Turkish soldiers are seen beating the refugees and asking
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Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) has been spying on Gulen followers in the Latin American countries, the agency’s local coordinator told media in a recent interview. TIKA’s Colombia coordinator, Mehmet Özkan has admitted that the agency has been reporting the activities of Gulen movement in the Latin American countries to Turkey and Turkish embassies
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