Turkey Purge

[VIDEO] Police mop floor with mother, wife of jailed educator on hunger strike

A group of police officers mopped the floor with Sultan Özakça and Esra Özakça, the mother and wife of Semih Özakça, an educator who was jailed after going on a hunger strike in protest of his dismissal with government decrees in the aftermath of a July 15 coup attempt. Özakça’s wife and mother were reportedly […]

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Gov’t puts up for sale properties of 9 TV, radio stations seized from critics

Seven of the media outlets Turkish government seized under post-coup emergency rule have been put up for sale by the state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF). In a statement on May 31, TMSF listed properties belonging to Can Erzincan, Barış and Ört TV stations, Cuma, Herkül FM and Ört FM radio stations along with Nazar, Yerel

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Turkey issues detention warrant pro-Kurdish deputy Baydemir

A Turkish prosecutor issued a detention warrant for pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Şanlıurfa deputy and spokesperson Osman Baydemir, according to Turkish media reports on Tuesday. It was not immediately clear on which charges the detention warrant was issued for Baydemir. On Monday, HDP Siirt deputy Besime Konca, who was released by a Batman court

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По барање на Турција, едно турско семејство веќе со денови неправедно се чува на аеродромот во Киев

Според едно видео споделено на социјалните мрежи турско семејство е уапсено од страна на украинските власти и е чувано во една соба на аеродромот Бориспил во Киев, чекајќи да биде депортирано во Турција. Таткото Али Јилдиз, на едно видео кое го сподели на својот Твитер профил во саботата вели дека доаѓаат од Банкок и дека

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12 from gov’t-closed women association detained over coup charges

At least 12 women were taken into custody as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, on Monday. Police carried out operation to detain 12 members and executives of the Elazig-based Harput Active Women Association, which was earlier shuttered by the government

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25 including already-purged civil servants under custody for coup charges

At least 25 people were detained on early Tuesday as part of an investigation into Gulen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. Some 400 police carried out raids to detain 25 suspects in Istanbul, Sanliurfa and Adana provinces, among them those who were earlier dismissed from their jobs

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27 dismissed academics detained over alleged coup involvement

Turkish police detained a total of twenty-seven academics who were previously expelled from the İzmir-based 9 Eylül University through government decrees, Turkish media reports said on Tuesday. The academics are reportedly accused of having links to Turkey’s Gülen group, using a smart phone application known as ByLock, having a bank account at the now-closed Gülen-linked bank,

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Academic, father caught near Greek border while on way to escape Turkey crackdown

A former professor at Kayseri’s Erciyes University, Y.C. was detained along with his father O.C., in Turkey’s border province of Edirne on Monday. 41-year-old professor who was earlier dismissed from his post over alleged ties to the Gulen movement; and his father, aged 65 years old, was caught by gendarmerie forces near the Greek border

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