The İstanbul 2nd Penal Court of First Instance on Thursday fined Cumhuriyet daily correspondent Canan Coşkun TL 12,600 ($3,250) for a report she wrote on judges and prosecutors buying houses at special discounted rates. A prosecutor in Coşkun’s case demanded 23 years, four months in prison on charges of “defaming civil servants” in a report […]
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A Turkish gang leader, Sedat Peker, has declared his support for the transition to an executive presidency in Turkey while threatening those who are against holding a referendum to vote on the change in the country’s system of governance. In a social media message on Friday, Peker, who is a vocal supporter of President Recep
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A large group of PEN international members was stopped on their way to Silivri Prison on Thursday where they wanted to deliver a message of support for Turkey’s jailed authors. The Cumhuriyet daily reported that the delegation was not allowed to reach the prison gate or read a statement showing solidarity with intellectuals who are
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Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said in Ankara on Thursday that the state of emergency which was declared following a failed coup attempt in July of last year will continue until the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of being behind the coup attempt, is completely wiped out from state institutions. Speaking during a ceremony
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The co-mayors of Şırnak’s Uludere district, Zeynep Üren and Yunus Ürek from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), were dismissed from their posts on Friday after a brief detention yesterday. The DBP co-mayors were targeted in a recent investigation that links the politicians with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Turkey’s Ministry of Interior Affairs
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Police officers attempted to detain university students who sang a song on a ferry criticizing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s authoritarian policies and calling on people to say “No” in an upcoming referendum on constitutional amendments extending Erdoğan’s power, while they were leaving a ferry dock in İstanbul on Monday. According to the Kollektifler.net news portal,
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Former Mardin Co-mayor Ahmet Türk, who was arrested on Dec 19 and transferred to a prison in Elazığ province on Jan. 17, was hospitalized on Wednesday as his overall physical condition is not good, his lawyer said. Speaking with the Bianet news portal on Wednesday, Zeynep Ceren Boztoprak said Türk was taken to Fırat University’s
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Turkish police detained the co-mayors of the Uludere district of the southeastern province of Şırnak early on Jan. 26 as part of a terrorism-linked probe. According to a tweet posted by the pro-Kurdish DİHA reporter Faruk Encu, the co-chairs Zeynep Üren and Yunus Ürek have been detained after Şırnak Public Prosecutor’s Office issued a warrant as part
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