Turkish police detained Olivier Bertrand, a French journalist working for a Paris-based website, while reporting in southern Gaziantep province, the manager of the website reported on Friday. Head of French news website lesjours.fr announced that Bertrand was taken into police custody along with a photographer who was later released. “No reason has been given for […]
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The progress report on Turkey that was issued on Wednesday by the European Commission expressed concern over the Turkish government’s purge against Gülen movement members, saying “any allegation of wrongdoing needs to be examined with due process, transparent procedures, and the right of every individual to a fair trial or equitable administrative process should be
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Former Taraf daily journalist Mehmet Baransu who was imprisoned in Mach 2015 after he revealed the alleged plan of the government to “eliminate the Gülen movement” based on a secret document he published in 2013, was nedied food on the day of court hearing, his wife said on Wednesday. According to Evrensel daily, Baransu’s wife
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A Turkish journalist was arrested on Tuesday night for allegedly “insulting” Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, while another one arrested on the same day over “disseminating propaganda” on behalf of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Journalists Togay Okay from Özgür Gelecek daily and freelance reporter Ayhan Karahan were jailed by Turkish courts. With these arrests, the total number
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Christian Mihr, director of the German arm of Reporters Without Borders, has called on Turkish government to grant visa, resident permit to Turkish journalists who are subject to persecution at home. “Germany should immediately provide convenience for Turkish journalists in obtaining visa, resident and work permit,” Mihr told a Deutsche Welle reporter on Wednesday. “Turkish journalists do not want
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Burak Açıkalın, an engineer who was dismissed from Turkey’s Directorate of Intelligence and arrested following a failed coup on July 15 due to alleged involvement in the attempt, was found dead on Thursday in a prison in Turkey’s Kırıkkale province. Pro-gov’t Hürriyet daily reported that Açıkalın committed suicide in his cell. Açıkalın’s death has been
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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 over their alleged or real links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt. At least 236 people were arrested, while
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Hacer Çakmak, the mother of three children, two of them disabled, and the wife of a Turkish judge who is currently under arrest, sent a short letter to Turkey Purge, saying that Turkish government seized money granted for her disabled children by Turkey’s Social Security Institution. Çakmak revealed in his letter that she was left
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An indictment concerning the now-closed pro-Kurdish daily Özgür Gündem has demanded a sentence of aggravated life in prison for author Aslı Erdoğan and linguist Necmiye Alpay on charges of allegedly disseminating terrorist propaganda and disrupting the unity of the state. İstanbul Republic Prosecutor for Media Crimes Umut Tepe drafted the indictment against the Özgür Gündem
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