The detention of Aydin Sefa Akay, a judge with the Mechanism for the International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), was referred to the United Nations Security Council on Monday, Reuters reported. According to the report, Turkey is infringing on the judicial independence of a United Nations war crimes tribunal by holding one of its judges in detention […]
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Mehmet Tosun, a 29-year-old Turkish judge who was expelled from his job and subsequently arrested over alleged involvement in the coup attempt, died of cancer in prison on Monday morning. “Mehmet Tosun, 29 year-old, a judge of Council of State. Dismissed with a decree, arrested, got sick in prison, died yesterday, buried today,” Hüseyin Aygün, a former
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued on Sunday to criticize Germany and Deniz Yücel, the arrested reporter of German daily Die Welt, saying Yücel is not a journalist but a terrorist. “Chancellor [Merkel] told me when she came here… She said, ‘You have a detained journalist [Deniz Yücel]. We would be happy if you release
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Zehra Doğan, a Turkish painter and reporter for the now-closed Dicle news agency, has been given a prison sentence of two years, nine months, 22 days for painting the destruction caused by operations carried out in the Nusaybin district of Mardin province by Turkish security forces against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). “I was given
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Turkish nationals perceived to be critical of the government are being denied consular services abroad, according to the newly-established monitoring group Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF). The group documented specific cases of service denials, keeping identities of the complaints anonymous. “In one case, a Turkish citizen living in Paris was denied an affidavit for parental consent for
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The ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AK Party) officials in Turkey’s eastern part has been threatening locals in the run-up to the presidential referendum, saying their homes, damaged amid clashes between military and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants, will not be renovate in case of a “No” vote, according to columnist Ahmet Takan.
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Turkey’s ambassador to Norway Şafak Göktürk has filed a complaint with the Norwegian Press Council, Pressens Faglige Utvalg (PFU) against journalist Kjetil Stormark for his story that suggests, among other scenarios, the coup attempt on July 15 was in fact a hoax. Göktürk says in his compliant that the article was not in compliance with
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A court in İstanbul ruled on Friday for the arrest of Orhan Erdemli, a lawyer representing US-based Turkish scholar Fethullah Gülen, who is accused by Turkish authorities of being behind a failed coup last July. A penal judge of peace at the İstanbul Courthouse decided to arrest Erdemli on charges of “being an executive of
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Visually impaired Turkish journalist Cüneyt Arat was sentenced on Feb. 22 to 6 years 3 months in prison due to his alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. Arat tweeted that he was also given one year, 10 months and 15 days
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A passenger on a public bus in İstanbul who claimed to be a staunch supporter of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened a group of “no” leaning voters in an upcoming referendum in Turkey, saying they will be put to the sword since the Ottoman Empire will be revived. According to a video that went viral
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