An Ankara court on Thursday ruled for continuation of the imprisonment of journalist Ayşenur Parıldak, who has been behind bars for six months. Parıldak, a 27-year-old reporter from the now-closed Zaman daily, appeared in court in the first hearing of her trial on Thursday. She was arrested on Aug. 11, 2016 on the Ankara University […]
Eight individuals including Professor Mehmet Ali Malas, dean of the faculty of medicine at Katip Çelebi University in İzmir, were detained on Thursday due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement. Turkey experienced a military coup attempt on July 15 that killed over 240 people and wounded more than a thousand others. Immediately after
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Following the most recent decree issued by the Turkish government on Tuesday night that purged a large number of civil servants, no professors are left to teach 24 undergraduate courses at Ankara University’s department of political science, with 50 master’s students also stranded without a supervisor. The Cumhuriyet daily reported the announcement of Professor Ayhan
One hundred fifteen out of 330 academics who were dismissed from their jobs by a government decree issued on Tuesday are signatories of a peace declaration criticizing curfews declared in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish southeastern districts in 2015. According to the Diken news portal, the new decree, numbered 686, purged a total of 4,464 civil servants from
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The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will have the right to carry out five 10-minute official campaign broadcasts on TV and radio for the upcoming referendum on charter amendments, while opposition parties will only enjoy two speeches with the same duration. The charter amendment referendum law allows the four
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Turkey’s Education Ministry has decided to destroy at least 216,233 copies of math and science textbooks published by publishing houses affiliated with the Gülen movement, according to Hürriyet daily. Turkish government is proven anew to know no boundaries in taking paranoiac steps against its perceived enemies. Since the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pinned the blame
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Twenty-two out of 28 administrative and academic staff members from İstanbul Technical University (İTÜ) who were referred to court for arrest on Monday due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement were arrested on Tuesday. The İTÜ staff members are accused of using a smart phone application known as ByLock, according to Turkish authorities.
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Filiz Y., a 30-year-old woman who gave birth at Mersin City Hospital last night, has been detained over alleged links to the Gulen movement, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. Late on Sunday night, a group of police officers arrived at the hospital and demanded Filiz’s discharge as soon
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A 12-year-old child has died of brain cancer several months after Turkish border agents seized his and his parents’ passports at İstanbul Atatürk Airport, causing the family to abandon their plans to receive cancer treatment in Cuba. According to a series of tweets posted by Turkish journalist Sıtkı Özcan on Tuesday, the family’s passports were
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With a new state of emergency decree issued on Tuesday, the Turkish government has dismissed 2,585 teachers, public servants from the Ministry of Education, 417 police officers from the Security General Directorate and 893 others from the Gendarmerie General Command. According to the new decree, numbered 686, a total of 4,464 civil servants have been
