An administrative investigation was launched against the Turkish-language teacher of a minor student who mentioned ‘interfaith dialogue’ during her speech as part of Turkey’s National Sovereignty and Children’s Day on Apr 23. A group of students, mostly primary school pupils, gathered for a symbolic cabinet meeting to mark Children’s Day at the Prime Ministry, on […]
One out of four individuals who were recently detained in Eskişehir province on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media was arrested on Monday. While two of the detainees, identified only by their initials M.K. and O.K., were released without charge, the third detainee, E.T., was freed on judicial probation while G.K.
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Hacer Çakmak is only one of the hundreds of thousands of people who found themselves facing tremendous difficulties after the government started a desperate crackdown on the Gülen movement in the aftermath of a July 15 coup attempt. She is a mother of three children, two of them disabled, and the wife of a Turkish
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has rejected a request from Confederation of Revolutionary Workers’ Unions (DİSK) Chairman Kani Beko to hold May Day celebrations in İstanbul’s Taksim Square, according to HaberTürk TV station on Monday. HaberTürk reported that Soylu who met with Beko on Monday turned down Beko’s request to hold the May Day celebrations
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Kazım Kızıl, a filmmaker and photojournalist known for his documentaries on human rights violations in Turkey, was put under pre-trial detention after being detained by police while covering protests in the aftermath of an April 16 referendum in İzmir, his lawyer said. Speaking with the Evrensel daily on Saturday, Dinçer Çalım, Kızıl’s lawyer, said the
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A total of 359 individuals have so far been ordered by Turkish courts to wear electronic ankle bracelets due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. Started in 2013 with 15 arrestees, the project of outfitting arrestees with electronic ankle
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The Kastamonu-based student dormitory principal, identified as Z.E., has received a jail sentence of 6 years and 3 months for his ties to the Gulen movement, which the government blames for the July 15 coup attempt and labels as a terrorist organization. Stood trial on accusation of membership to “the armed terrorist organisation,” Z.E. was sentenced to
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