At least 2,462 “No” campaigners were detained and 453 sent to jail during the 85-day campaign in the run up to a referendum in Turkey to extend the country’s presidential powers. According to a recent report released by the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the past two months were a “total violation of democratic principles […]
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Ballot box official Melisa Yet has ended up with a fractured neck as she was attacked by whom she calls the ruling Justice and Development Party’s youth members during Apr 16 referendum. Yet argued during the vote counting that one of the Yes votes should be considered invalid as the voting slip had a slight
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The Erzurum-based teacher, identified as Fatih G., 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 FETO armed terrorist organisation,” he was sentenced to
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اے اے اور ٹی ڈی دو اساتذہ جنھیں بغاوت کے بعد ہونے والے کریک ڈاون کے دوران ملازمت سے بر طرف کر دیا گیا تھا انھیں اتوار کے دن ملاتیا کے ایک اسکول سے اس وقت گرفتار کر لیا گیا جب وہ ایگزیکٹو صدارت کے لیے ہونے والے ریفرینڈم میں ووٹ دینے کے لیے آئے۔
ریفرینڈم میں ووت ڈالنے والے اساتذہ کو بغاوت کی کوشش کے الزام میں گرفتار کر لیا گیا Read More »
The İstanbul 64th Penal Court of First Instance on Thursday fined columnist Tuğrul Çelik TL 4,391 for “insulting” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son Bilal Erdoğan in an article published by the Türk Solu daily on Oct. 25, 2015. The columnist announced the court ruling in a tweet late on Thursday, saying that he was initially
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Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US-based international nongovernmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights, said on Monday that Turkey’s government and president should reverse the decision to extend the state of emergency after winning the April 16 presidential referendum and end the wave of political repression unleashed in the months before the
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At least 14 executives of the Kimse Yok Mu aid organization’s local branch in Samsun province were detained as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement, on Tuesday. Turkey accuses the movement of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt while the latter denies any involvement. Police carried out operations in Samsun and Trabzon provinces
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