A Turkish court on Thursday ruled to arrest Ahmet Türk, a former deputy and also co-mayor of the Mardin Municipality, who was detained on Nov. 1 on charges of membership in a terror organization. Türk, who was recently removed from his post by the Interior Ministry, with the government appointing a trustee to replace him, […]
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“Freedom of expression is in acute danger in Turkey, but it’s not only there. All over the globe there are tendencies against freedom of words, freedom of opinion, freedom of religion; against gender, against sexual orientation. The destroyers and opinion-leaders have many names: Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,” said a letter penned by
The European Parliament has voted to suspend Turkey’s EU membership talks because of the Turkish government’s “disproportionate” response to a failed coup attempt that took place on July 15. A total of 479 deputies voted in favor of imposing a “temporary freeze” on the talks with Turkey while 37 deputies voted against the non-binding resolution.
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The appearance of the name of a deceased soldier in the latest state of emergency decree on Tuesday raises suspicions that lists for the purges had been prepared in advance by the government. The government issued yet another decree purging 15,000 more civil servants from positions in the early hours of Tuesday. The name of
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A delegation of European politicians was not allowed to pay a visit to the imprisoned co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtaş, in Edirne on Monday. The group, led by Sergei Staishev, president of the Party of European Socialists, the second-largest party in the European Parliament, comprised deputies from five countries. The delegation
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As part of a post-coup-attempt purge, the Turkish government has dismissed a total of 9977people from state institutions, and suspended another 5434 with new state of emergency decrees issued on Tuesday. According to the two new decrees, numbered 677 and 678, a total 9977 staff members, including 1988 from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), and
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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. According to Turkish news agencies, at least 88 people were arrested, while 76 others were detained on No 21, 2016. Police carried out the operations in at least
Turkish police on Tuesday detained 20 prison employees including the warden of Silivri Prison in İstanbul over the use of a smart phone application known as ByLock. As part of the İstanbul-based operation, police conducted simultaneous raids across eight provinces and searched 25 locations. The detention of the Silivri Prison warden, identified only by his
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With new state of emergency decrees issued on Tuesday, the Turkish government has shut down nine more local newspaper operating in various regions of Turkey, bringing the total number of media outlets closed in the aftermath of a coup attempt on July 15 to 195. According to the two new decrees, numbered 677 and 678,
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A popular Twitter user posting under the name “JeansBiri” was arrested on Tuesday for starting a hashtag on the social media platform about a call from a pro-Justice and Development Party (AKP) figure for the arming of party members. Last week the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued a detention warrant for the Twitter user,
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