İsmail Çolak, owner of the famous İsmail’in Yeri (İsmail’s Place) grill restaurant in the northwestern Turkish province of Bolu, was put in pre-trial detention by a Düzce court over his alleged links to the Gülen group. According to Turkish media, Çolak’s restaurant, located on Bolu Mountain and a popular spot with travelers, was closed down […]
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Turkish television anchor Erkan Tan, known for his staunch pro-government stance on A Haber TV, on Tuesday called for the beheading of protesters who were involved in the countrywide anti-government Gezi protests in the summer of 2013. While arguing in a column for the Takvim newspaper that there are some who would like to import
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Şahabettin Harput, a former Turkish governor of the western province of Bursa, was sentenced to six years, three months in prison over alleged links to the Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Thursday. The Bursa 8th High Criminal court convicted the former mayor on charges of membership in a terrorist organization but acquitted
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Pro-gov’t journalist calls for killing of Turkish businessman and individuals like him who he accused of being top Gulenists. Pro-government Turkish journalist Emre Erciş has called on Turkey’s intelligence agency to abduct or exterminate critical businessman Akın İpek and other top Gulenists following a court verdict in the UK that rejected Ankara’s request for his
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A 28-year-old teacher who lost his job after the government closed down his private school as part of its post-coup purge, went missing in Turkey’s capital Ankara. A Twitter account, claimed to be used by Ahmet Erturk’s wife, said the other day that her husband left home promising to be back on Nov 15 but
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A Turkish man with an outstanding arrest warrant over Gulen links, identified as H.K., was detained while he was allegedly on his way to escape Turkey to France. State-run Anadolu news agency said Nov 29 that coastal guard caught H.K. in a cargo vessel docked at a port in the western province of Mugla. H.K.
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A Turkish prosecutor has announced that he seeks life sentences for 59 suspects, among them police chiefs who led Dec 25, 2013 corruption operation against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s son Bilal Erdogan and some pro-government businessmen. Istanbul prosecutor Ramazan Gökce revealed the final version of the accusations during a court hearing on Nov 29. The
Turkish government’s extradition request for businessman Akın ipek is “politically motivated,” according to a UK court. UK Judge John Zani ruled on Wednesday Turkish Businessman Hamdi Akın İpek and two other Turkish nationals will not be extradited to Turkey as the Turkish government’s accusiations are “politically motivated,” and thus the men were at risk of a breach of their
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At least 585 people were detained as part of investigations into the Gülen movement over the past week, according to government data. In a written statement on Monday, the Interior Ministry said 585 people were rounded up in operations targeting the Gülen movement between Nov 19-26. Turkish government accuses the movement of masterminding the July 15, 2016
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At least 20 people were detained as part of an investigation into the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Monday. Police carried out operations at several locations in Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir, Diyarbakır and Bursa provinces as part of an investigation ordered detention of 28 people on charges of terrorist propaganda. At least 20 people were detained,
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