A group of police officers awaited outside of the Alanya Başkent Hospital in order to detain a woman who gave birth several hours ago, according to a tweet by former deputy Feyzi İşbaşaran. Fadime Günay, whose husband has recently been detained by police over alleged links to the Gulen movement, gave birth to a boy […]
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A female worker was reportedly interrogated by police and her boss several times over alleged political statements she posted on social media, Evrensel daily reported. According to the daily, Nermin Kılıç, an employee working at a private company in İstanbul, was briefly detained and then interrogated by police officers in plain clothes after an anonymous
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Newly emerged video footage shows the moment a group of Umrah pilgrims from Turkey publicly vows to vote ‘yes’ in a referendum on proposed constitutional amendments that will officially bring an executive presidential system to Turkey in early April. During the 40-second video, a group of around thirty congregants say amen in response to the prayer of a Turkish imam,
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Turkish police detained Fadime Günay, a 32-year-old woman who gave birth at Alanya Başkent hospital last night, have been detained over alleged Gülen links, according to media Turkish media. Late on Sunday night, a group of police officers arrived in the hospital and demanded Günay’s immediate discharge from the hospital as soon as she delivered
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A pro-Kurdish district mayor in the eastern province of Ağrı has been arrested as part of a terrorism probe. Pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) mayor in Ağrı’s Tutak district Fırat Öztürk was among 18 people who were detained in a police operation on Jan. 23 on charges of “aiding and abetting a terror organization.” The
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Former TRT presenter Hamza Günerigök, who was on a list of suspects to be arrested in an investigation targeting the Gülen movement, was arrested on Monday after he was caught near the Greek border. Günerigök was detained by border units of the Turkish military while trying to illegally leave Turkey. Günerigök was referred to court in
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Detention warrants issued for a total of 10 officers and five civilians at the Air Forces Command over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement. The detention warrants were issued on Monday by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office. According to the media outlets, police teams conducted simultaneous operations in eight provinces across Turkey,
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Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Meral Danış Beştaş was arrested by an Adana court on Monday as part of a terror investigation targeting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Beştaş was detained in Adana on Jan. 28 on charges of alleged links to a terrorist organization. She was released pending trial early on Jan. 30;
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Thirty-four housewives were arrested by a Turkish court on Saturday due to alleged use of a smart phone application called ByLock and links to the Gülen movement, which the Turkish government blames for a failed coup last July, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. According to the report, police detained a total of 55 women
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Turkish police on Saturday detained a total of twenty-eight businessmen and teachers in Ağrı over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the Turkish government blames for a failed coup last July, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. According to the report, among the detainees there are also two university students and they are reportedly
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