Turkey Purge

Turkey’s Justice Ministry asks personnel to spy on colleagues: leaked doc

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Turkey’s Justice Ministry has handed out pages of forms to its personnel asking if they know any colleague linked to terrorist organizations or the government’s perceived enemies, particularly the Gülen movement, according to a social media post. With the documents still lacking confirmation from any source, similar leaks in the aftermath of the July 15 […]

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Leaked doc shows Turkey’s religious official in Belgium spied on Gülen movement

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A document dated Sept. 26, 2016 shows that a Turkey’s religious official in Belgium profiled Gülen movement expatriates living in the European country and their activities, in response to an earlier call from Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet). The document, shared by the Twitter account of the Brussels-based Vocal Europe news portal, confirms that

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30 district governors, candidates arrested over coup charges

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Thirty district governors and candidates for the position have been arrested in Tokat as part of an investigation targeting the Gülen movement, which President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government accuse of being behind a failed coup attempt on July 15, TGRT reported on Thursday. According to the report, 75

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Leaked document confirms Turkey’s Religious Directorate profiled expats via imams abroad

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A document dated Sept. 20, 2016 shows that Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) asked Turkish missions and religious representatives abroad to profile Gülen movement expatriates living in their respective foreign countries. “We request that you send a detailed report about all FETÖ/PDY [a derogatory term coined by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government

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TURKEY PURGE IN PAST 48 HOURS: 124 arrested, 411 others detained over coup charges

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A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and taken into custody. At least 124 people were arrested, while 411 others were detained over the past 48 hours, according to Turkish news agencies. Police carried out the operations in at

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Recently released HDP deputy detained again after she said subjected to torture

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Besime Konca, a deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who was detained on Monday night and released on probation on Tuesday morning, was detained again on Tuesday evening. Another HDP deputy, Çağlar Demirel, was also detained along with Konca on Monday night, but she was arrested. The deputies were detained as part of

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Turkey, the biggest jailer of journalists in 2016: CPJ

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According to the annual global census of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), as of December 1, globally a record number of journalists, a total of 259 are imprisoned, as a result of Turkey’s “unprecedented crackdown.” The census finds that at least 81 journalists in Turkey are jailed, ¨the highest number in any one country

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