Murat Taşhan, a Corum judge who sent 517 people from 21 different occupations to prison over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, was detained as part of a separate investigation into the group last week. Tashan was taken into custody along with his 5 colleagues in Samsun where they had come for a judicial […]
Once an inspiring educator to his pupils, a Batman teacher was detained with her hands cuffed behind back as a perceived enemy of the state, his wife said in a letter to Turkish media on With the names of both the teacher and his wife remaining anonymous, the details of a recent police raid on
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The pro-government Sabah daily has established a hotline to receive tips about the the Europe-based followers of the Gülen Movement, which the President along with top state officials pinned the blame on for the July 15 coup attempt. Sabah Avrupa, the newspaper’s special edition for Turkish expats in Germany called on its readers to snitch
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Alper Ertürk, an Aydin-based teacher who reported himself to a prosecutor for his affiliation to the Gulen movement, has been sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison. According to state-run Anadolu news agency, Erturk said in a petition to the Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office, dated Dec 18, 2014: “I have been involved in
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Ahmet Odabaş, former district governor who was appointed as a trustee to administer Mardin’s Kızıltepe Municipality, has removed the statue of Uğur Kaymaz, 12-year-old Kurdish child who was killed in a police crossfire along with his father in 2004. A clock tower was erected in lieu of Kaymaz’s statue on Monday. Ugur and his father
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Newly emerged video shows the moment Metin Balkanlıoğlu, an important figure within İsmailaga community, one of Turkey’s most prominent religious communities, called on Turkish security forces to carry out mass execution against those engaging in “terrorist activities” against the Turkish state. Preaching a sermon during a Friday prayer, Balkanlıoğlu says he does not one to
A total of 930 people were detained across Turkey as part of investigations into the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt, over the past week. In a written statement on Monday, Interior Ministry said 930 were detained over their alleged links to the movement between June 12-19. The ministry also
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At least 13 people were detained as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement followers in Kahramanmaras, on Tuesday. Detention warrants were earlier issued for 13 teachers who were earlier dismissed from their jobs over alleged links to the movement. Kahramanmaras police detained 9 of the suspects by Tueday afternoon. The detainees also included
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The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that at least 49 people were detained over the past week on charges of making propaganda on social media on behalf of the Gulen movement and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIL). The ministry said investigations were launched against 101
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