An Istanbul court put in pre-trial arrest six human rights activists including Amnesty International’s (AI) Turkey director Idil Eser, on early Tuesday. Turkish police, acting on an anonymous tip, raided a hotel on Büyükada, one of the Princes’ Islands off İstanbul, and detained Eser from AI, İlknur Üstün from the Women’s Coalition, lawyer Günal Kurşun […]
PEN International, said in call to Turkish government that “never in the near-100 year history of PEN have we recorded so many writers in prison in one country at one time.” Below is the full text of the statement which was published in 5 languages and signed by 34 PEN centres around the world on
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37-year-old goalkeeper of Kastamonuspor 1966 football club was put in-trial arrest over his alleged used of ByLock mobile app on Monday. Oğuzhan Bahadır was among 6 people who were earlier detained for ByLock use. The court overseeing their case in Kastamonu province arrested Bahadır along with three of them with the remaining released either on
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O.K., a teacher who was previously purged from his job by a government decree after a failed coup in 2016, was detained when he visited a state of emergency bureau to object to his dismissal on Tuesday. According to the state-run Anadolu news agency, O.K. was detained as part of an investigation into Gülen movement
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Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said on Monday that the government has seized 966 companies from people allegedly linked to the Gülen movement as part of a witch-hunt launched following a failed coup attempt in July of last year, DHA reported. “In addition, 4,888 assets of those 966 companies were also seized and transferred
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Seventy-six babies have been born stateless in the last three months because Turkish diplomatic missions are denying consular services to people allegedly linked to the Gülen movement, which is accused by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of masterminding a failed coup in 2016. According to a report
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Sedat Peker, a convicted gang leader and staunch supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said they will hang all people linked to the Gülen movement from flagpoles and trees, the Diken news website reported on Sunday. “They should pray for our president, who they call a dictator. May God save him [Erdoğan], if his
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said people detained over coup charges should wear a single outfit, like in Guantanamo. “When they appear in court, let’s make them appear in one-type uniform like in Guantanamo,” Erdogan said during an Istanbul rally to mark the first anniversary of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt on Saturday. “I also
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At least 115 people in Tekirdag province were detained over their alleged use of ByLock smartphone app, state-run media said. According to Anadolu news agency, arrest warrants were issued for 127 people who allegedly used the application while police were able to locate 115 suspects during the operation. Detainees included businessmen, journalists, imams, bankers, hospital
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Yeliz Koray, managing editor of the Kocaeli Koz newspaper, was detained on Saturday night and referred to court for a critical article about the government turning a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016 into a “saga.” After reactions and calls for an investigation into Koray for her article, which was put online on Friday,
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