Under arrest for 103 days as part of a post-coup investigation into the Gülen movement, E.D. was released only after he proved that the $1 bill police founded at his office and seized as an evidence had been given during his son’s circumcision ceremony. According to the Turkish government, one dollar bills are an encrypted […]
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A former candidate for leadership of the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Meral Akşener, was forced to address party members in the dark when a hotel in Çanakkale cut the power in an attempt to prevent the dissident politician from speaking. Akşener has been waging a campaign against incumbent chairman Devlet Bahçeli, who is a
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A columnist at Doğan Media Group’s Posta daily, Hakan Çelenk had his contract reportedly cancelled by the newspaper management days after he sarcastically criticized government plans for presidential referendum. “[Supposed that] I am an ill-intentioned president, defend the system against me. …I come into power and have corrupt ties. If someone attempts to discharge me, I
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Turkish authorities are seeking a prison sentence of up to 3,126 years in total and 18 life sentences for 55 deputies of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), including imprisoned Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş, who was indicted by a prosecutor demanding a jail sentence of up to 486 years and two life sentences. According to a statement
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An indictment prepared by an İstanbul prosecutor seeks aggravated life sentences and an additional 15 years in jail for businessmen Mustafa Seyidoğlu and Serdar Seyidoğlu, owners of the famous Seyidoğlu Baklava chain. The businessmen, who were arrested last September due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, are facing aggravated life sentences on charges
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Thirty-six employees from the Turkish Central Bank and 10 others from the Public Procurement Authority (KİK) have been detained in Ankara due to their use of a smart phone application known as ByLock, which Turkish authorities say is the top communication tool among the followers of the Gülen movement. Some of the detainees were reportedly
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Put under detention with his mother at Ankara’s Sincan Prison, a two-month-old newborn had been denied access to breast milk for 17 days. According to Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) deputy Mahmut Tanal, the 53-days-old baby was not able to be breastfed by his mother for 17 days. While the details are yet to be shared,
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Access to internet has been blocked at the offices of the Ankara University academics who were dismissed after a government decree on Tuesday, according to Duvar news portal. The academics found out the shutdown when they were packing their belongings on Wednesday and the internet shutdown was ordered only a day after the dismissals by
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Ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputy chairman Erol Kaya said investigations launched against 820 party members over their links to faith-based Gülen movement that government accuse of being behind a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. Speaking to pro-government Sabah daily on Tuesday, Kaya said seven AK Party mayors out 63 who
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A new government decree issued on Thursday makes the sale of companies seized by the state as part of an ongoing witch hunt on critics possible and seeks to transfer the proceeds to the state Treasury. In line with the new government decree numbered 687, Turkey’s Saving Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) will be authorized for
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