The Kayseri Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 14 businessmen as part of an investigation targeting people linked to Turkey’s Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup attempt on July 15, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Wednesday. Six of the 14 businessmen were […]
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Newly emerged video footage shows the moment Turkish police used excessive force against a group of protestors who were fired by a government decree in the aftermath of a July 15 coup attempt in Turkey. In the 45-second video, posted by Ozguruz.org news portal, protestors were assaulted by a group of police officers and taken into
Elif Coşkun, who just gave birth on Monday night in Turkey’s western province of İzmir, will reportedly be taken into custody at the hospital due to her links to the Gülen movement, according to an opposition deputy. Raising concerns about the situation of Coşkun from his Twitter account, main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) İstanbul
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At least 7,605 arrest warrants are outstanding as part of investigations into the Gulen movement in Turkey where the government has already put 50,344 people in pre-trial detention in its crackdown against the group since last summer. Turkish government accuses the movement of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt while the latter denies involvement.
In an open letter issued on Tuesday, the New York-based Human Rights Foundation (HRF) called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to speak up against alleged torture on 18 men who were sentenced over their links to the Gülen movement in Turkmenistan, during his scheduled meeting with the Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov. Guterres is expected to
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Eight construction workers from Bingöl, a Kurdish majority city, were reportedly attacked by what appeared to be a nationalist mob late on Monday at a construction site in the town of Nallıhan in Ankara province, the Gazeteduvar news agency reported on Tuesday. The workers were harassed and forced to sing Turkey’s national anthem by the
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Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Mehmet Ali Aslan was detained at Batman Airport while he was on his way to Ankara on Tuesday. “It looks like I won’t be able to break my fast in Ankara. I am being detained at Batman Airport. God is great,” wrote Aslan from his Twitter account on Tuesday
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The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 42 people working at Turkey’s Interior Ministry over alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. According to the pro-gov’t Sabah daily, Police teams began the detentions of the
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A group of homophobic people allegedly from a nationalist youth movement called “Köklü Değişim” [Radical Change] on Sunday attacked tens of people attending the Mersin Pride Parade to show their support for sexual and gender diversity. Third time in its history, Mersin’s LGBT community dressed in rainbow attire and culminated with a rally in gay-friendly Mersin
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