Zülfikar Tekirdağ, a Supreme Court of Appeals member who were detained as part of a government witch hunt shortly after July 15, has been released after he said in his testimony to a court in charge that he knows President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in person. “I was named as a Court of Appeals member in […]
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A Turkish court ruled for the arrest of a pro-Kurdish Dicle news agency (DİHA) reporter on Friday on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), according to Evrensel daily. Police teams reportedly raided Abdullah Kaya’s house in Ağrı’s Diyadin district on Jan 18. After keeping him under detention for 3 days,
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An 11-year-old schoolgirl said during an interview after receiving her first term report card that she wants to become the president of Turkey in order to change the constitution and reinstate the death penalty for coup plotters. Apparently coached by her parents, the girl seemed to be affected by the political atmosphere in Turkey as
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Detention warrants have been issued for 180 members of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) on charges of using ByLock, a smart phone application that authorities believe is a communication tool between members of the Gülen movement. Out of the 180 TSK personnel for whom detention warrants have been issued, 123 of them are from the
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An obtrusive recording revealed that a teacher working at a Turkish gov’t-funded religious school in Albania converses with a student about how the ISIL militants seek to “provide protection to the Muslim people of Syria, Palestine, and Egypt.” During his 35-second video, a student says he does not understand if ISIL militants are Muslim or not.
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An indictment prepared by an İstanbul public prosecutor seeks a jail sentence of up to seven years, three months for journalist Hüsnü Mahalli on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Mahalli was arrested on Dec. 15. The indictment prepared by İstanbul Public Prosecutor Can Tuncay also accuses Mahalli of insulting public officials. The minimum
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Eighty-six police officers and courthouse staff members were detained across several Turkish provinces on Friday 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, 37 police
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Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP) lawmaker Pervin Buldan was taken to hospital after she was kicked in chest by the ruling Justice and Development Party deputy Gökçen Özdoğan Enç, during a brawl at the Parliament on Thursday. Tension was escalated at Turkish parliament as an independent deputy Aylin handcuffed herself to the lectern after her request to
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