Journalist sent to jail over pro-Kurdish forum gathering
Yusuf Karataş, a columnist at Evrensel daily newspaper, was put in pre-trial arrest as part of an investigation into the Democratic People’s Congress (DTK), the largest political forum gathering held by Kurdish non-governmental organizations in the recent past. Diyarbakır 1. Criminal Judicature of Peace arrested Karataş for attending DTK’s gatherings and sent him to Diyarbakır D
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Mother of 6 under arrest as police fail to locate husband suspected of Gulen links
Meryem Senturk, a Zonguldak woman and a mother of six, was arrested after police failed to locate his husband who has been under investigation over his alleged links to the Gulen movement, on July 19. According to Aktifhaber news portal, Senturk was detained and put in pre-trial arrest in Beycuma prison in Zonguldak before being
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Imprisoned Amnesty Turkey director has no visitors due to lack of immediate family
Director of Amnesty International (AI) Turkey Idil Eser, who has been jailed since her detention on July 5, has no visitors since she does not have any immediate family. According to government decree No. 667 issued under a state of emergency (OHAL) that was put into effect soon after a botched coup attempt in Turkey
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Sweden, Germany issue joint protest to Turkey over right defenders’ arrest
Germany and Sweden have made a joint protest addressed to Turkey over the jailing of human rights activists, German Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Martin Schaefer said on Wednesday. Turkey arrested six human rights activists including Germany’s Peter Steudtner and Swedish Ali Gharavi on terrorism charges earlier this month. The arrestees included Amnesty International’s Turkey director İdil
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‘Maqluba’ pic on cell phone among terror evidence
A former court clerk who was earlier dismissed over his alleged links to the Gulen movement, O.G. was sentenced to 6 years plus 3 months in prison on accusation of membership to the Gulen movement. Among the evidences for his conviction were a deleted picture of Maqluba dish and photos of Fethullah Gulen allegedly recovered
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At least 275 including elderly woman detained over Gulen links over past day
At least 275 people were detained over their alleged links to the Gulen movement, according to Turkish media. Turkish government accuses the movement of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt while the latter denies involvement. In Hatay, 33 people including the former public employees who were dismissed from their jobs were detained for having
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27-year-old dorm manager detained while visiting hospital for treatment
Muhammed B., the former manager of an Alanya-based student dormitory that the government earlier shuttered over its links to the Gulen movement, was detained at a private hospital where he stopped by for treatment, media reported on Tuesday. Muhammed B. had had an outstanding detention warrant for some time as part of an investigation into
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Police detain another woman shortly after delivery, bringing total to 16
Ayşe Kaya, 30-year-old woman who gave birth to a baby at Eslife Private Hospital in İstanbul’s Esenyurt district early on Tuesday, was reportedly detained by police with her newborn baby later the same day as part of an investigation into Turkey’s Gülen group. Turkish government has systematically been detaining women on coup charges either when
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