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Dismissed academics in critical condition as their hunger strike hits 61st day

Academic Nuriye Gülmen suffered from low blood pressure on May 8 or the 61st day in a hunger strike she has been staging along with a teacher, in protest of their dismissal under post-coup emergency rules. Joined by dismissed teacher Semih Özakça, Gülmen has been on hunger strike in front of a human rights memorial […]

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Lawyer candidate faces ‘early dismissal’ over alleged Gülen links

The Justice Ministry has been seeking to prevent a would-be lawyer from getting his/her license as he/she has been undergoing an investigation over alleged ties to the Gülen movement. The government has so far sacked tens of thousands of people from their professions in the aftermath of the July 15 coup attempt, for which it

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61 detained while in hiding from post-coup witch-hunt

Forty out of 61 people who were detained in İstanbul while in hiding because of an ongoing government witch-hunt targeting the Gülen group were arrested on Monday. Last week, 61 people were detained in an investigation into Gülenists who were in hiding in İstanbul. The detainees included Sadettin Ulubay, the owner of Emex Hotels. Ulubay

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61 Festnahmen von versteckten Personen der Hexenjagd

Vierzig von 61 Personen, die sich wegen der fortführenden Hexenjagd gegen die Gülen-Bewegung versteckten, wurden am Montag in Istanbul inhaftiert. Letzte Woche wurden in Istanbul 61 untergetauchte Personen, wegen den Ermittlungen gegen Gülen Anhängern festgenommen. Unter den Festgenommenen ist auch Sadettin Ulubay, der Besitzer der Emex Hotel-Kette. Ulubay wurde ebenso am Montag inhaftiert. Die Türkei

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بغاوت کی کوشش کے بعد پکڑ دھکڑ میں 61 روپوش افراد زیر حراست

گولن تحریک کے خلاف آپریشن کے دوران زیر حراست لیے گئے 61 روپوش افراد میں سے چالیس افراد کو پیر کے دن استنبول میں گرفتار کر لیا گیا۔ گزشتہ ہفتے گولن کے پیروکاروں کے خلاف تحقیقات کے دوران استنبول میں چھپے 61 افراد کو حراست میں لے لیا گیا۔ حراست میں لیے جانے والوں میں ایمکس ہوٹلز

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انقرہ میں غیر سرکاری قید خانے میں وسیع پیمانے پر تشدد، مانیٹرنگ گروپ کا دعویٰ

ترکی میں حقوق انسانی کی خلاف ورزیوں کی مانیٹرنگ کرنے والے سٹاک ہوم سینٹر فار فریڈم (SCF)  کو موصول ہونے والی مصدقہ اطلاعات کے مطابق ترک دارالحکومت میں غیر سرکاری قید خانے میں بڑے پیمانے پر تشدد کیا گیا ہے۔  یہ رپورٹ اس ادارے کی ویب سائٹ پر پیر کے دن شائع ہوئی۔ گزشتہ ہفتے

انقرہ میں غیر سرکاری قید خانے میں وسیع پیمانے پر تشدد، مانیٹرنگ گروپ کا دعویٰ Read More »

Curfew imposed in 20 Bingöl villages, 83 neighborhoods

The Bingöl Governor’s Office on Sunday declared a curfew in 20 villages and at least 83 neighborhoods in the eastern province of Bingöl as part of operations against members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). According to the statement the curfew will be in effect from 5 p.m. until a second notice is issued in 21 neighborhoods

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Suspended policeman detained on Georgian border while on way to escape Turkey crackdown

Suspended from his post as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, police officer, identified with initials M.Ö., has been detained while he was on his way to escape Turkey to Georgia. According to state-run Anadolu Agency on Sunday, M.Ö. was taken to Tokat police headquarters after being detained on Sarp border gate. More

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