Tuba Kaya, a 27-year-old reporter from the now-closed Zaman daily, was arrested on Sept. 19 after her ex-husband lodged a complaint claiming that she was a member of Turkey’s Gülen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. Kaya, who is in the 10th month of her arrest, […]
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Fatih Altınay, owner of now-closed Merzifon Ottoman Kitchen Restaurant and famed Topuz Kebab, has reportedly been kept in an Amasya prison for almost 10 months over his alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. According to several local media outlets based in
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Fatma Cetin, an Erzurum teacher who was earlier dismissed from public school as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown against the Gülen movement, has been under arrest along with her premature baby, Sozcu columnist Emin Colasan revealed. Cetin’s husband, who had been dismissed as a police officer over similar charges, was also imprisoned 11 months
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Saturday that main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who is walking from Ankara to İstanbul in his “March of Justice,” must seek justice in Parliament lest he be “invited by the judiciary [to testify].” Speaking during a meeting of the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM) on
Özlem Konakçı, the wife of former bomb disposal expert Bilal Konakçı, was detained over her alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 2016 coup attempt, on June 9. Bilal was retired from his position at İzmir Police Department after he lost his right hand and both eyes
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Twenty teachers were detained in an Adana-based investigation into the Gulen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, on Friday. The detainees are accused of using ByLock mobile application. Turkish prosecutors claim that Bylock is the top communication tool among the members of Gülen Movement, which the government accuses of
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At least eleven lawyers were detained as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown in the eastern province of Mardin on Friday. The detainees are accused of having used ByLock, a smartphone application that Turkish prosecutors claim to be the top communication tool among the Gülen movement followers. The government accuses the movement of masterminding the July
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Former Istanbul Police Chief Hüseyin Çapkın surrendered himself to police after a court issued arrest warrant against him as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement. Çapkın, who served as İstanbul chief of police between 2009 and 2013, was detained in the western province of İzmir on Aug. 31, 2016 as part of an investigation launched by the İstanbul Chief
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Zehra Elbir, a former court clerk who was earlier dismissed from her job in the government’s post-coup purge of state institutions, was detained only 40 days after she gave birth to her second child during a visit to her husband in prison. Eril Elbir, Zehra’s husband and a former police officer who was also dismissed
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