İ.A.O. was detained when she stopped by the Trabzon prison on Valentine’s Day in a bid to visit her husband H.O., who had been earlier jailed as part of the government’s post-coup witch hunt. The couple’s 6-year-old son, Y.O. was left under his relatives’ care and İ.A.O was ultimately arrested by a court ruling. According […]
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Pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Adana deputy Meral Danış Beştaş said she is being kept under tight isolation in the prison. As part of a parliamentary question she submitted from Silivri prison, Beştaş said she has been kept under solitary confinement for the past 15 days. Turkey has stepped up its crackdown on Kurdish politicians
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The outspoken Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) deputy Mahmut Tanal has shared a video on his Instagram account showing a funeral vehicle which displays a popular pro-government message on a LED sign installed onto the back of the hearse. “The national will cannot be blocked,” read the sign while Tanal commented: “Is doing politics through funeral
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As Turkey gears up for a referendum on April 16 to vote for a switch to an executive presidency, two members of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) were attacked by a father and son during a “no” campaign in the western province of İzmir. The Cumhuriyet daily reported the latest attack on “naysayers”
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At least six students were detained by Istanbul police during a demonstration held to protest the government’s post-coup purge of academics on Thursday. Some 150 people, mostly students, gathered near the Istanbul University’s Beyazıt campus and chanted slogans against the latest government decree that has left 330 more academics unemployed as part of post-coup witch
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Turkish police detained at least 80 people who are known to have been involved in activities to endorse a “No” vote in the upcoming presidential referendum, according to Transparency International’s (TI) Turkey branch. TI Turkey said it will monitor the incidents of right abuse and unlawful government actions in the run up to the referendum
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A total of fifty businessmen, housewives and police officers were detained as part of ongoing operations throughout Monday targeting the followers of the Gülen movement due to their use of a smart phone application known as ByLock. The operations, which were based in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, were conducted across 6 provinces, including İstanbul, Gaziantep, Mersin, Osmaniye
Two more relatives of US-based Turkish scholar Fethullah Gülen have been arrested in the Black Sea province of Trabzon. According to pro-gov’t Sabah daily, seven out of 14 detainees were arrested on charges of membership in a terrorist organization on Monday. Among those were Gülen’s two nephews, A.G. and R.G. The other arrestees were identified
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A total of sixty businessmen, housewives and teachers were detained over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt, the pro-gov’t Sabah daily reported on Tuesday. Detention warrants were issued for 73 Antalya individuals early on Tuesday. Hours later, police teams carried out simultaneous operations in Antalya
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Turkey has been operating an informer network via its embassy in Vienna that targets critics of President Tayyip Erdogan, according to an Austrian opposition lawmaker, Peter Pilz. Pilz also said the controversial network promotes Erdoğan’s policies and receives payments from Ankara. Reuters reported on Tuesday that Pilz had sent documents to the police detailing the
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