Turkey Purge

Justice minister says 36,000 arrested over Gülen links so far

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Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has announced that a total of 36,000 people have been arrested so far in ongoing operations targeting alleged members of the faith-based Gülen movement. Speaking to the Anadolu news agency, Bozdağ provided figures related to an ongoing crackdown on alleged members of the Gülen movement, which intensified in the aftermath […]

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‘My police husband in Turkish prison for months,’ says French wife

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A French woman, the mother of two children and the wife of a Turkish police officer who is under arrest, is now among hundreds of thousands of people who find themselves facing tremendous difficulties due to an ongoing purge in the country. She told the story of her Turkish husband’s arrest and ongoing detention following

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Amnesty Int’l launches campaign for action against Turkey’s media crackdown

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The London-based human rights organization Amnesty International has launched a campaign for urgent action against Turkish government’s tightening control over media outlets. Below is the statement released by the rights group on Nov. 8. “Nine journalists and board members with the Turkish opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet were imprisoned on 4 November pending their trial. This brings

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Turkish PM calls on Trump to extradite Turkish scholar Gülen

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Following the unexpected election victory of Donald J. Trump in the US, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım congratulated the president-elect on Wednesday and called on Trump to extradite Muslim cleric Fethullah Gülen, who has been living in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania since 1999. Holding Gülen responsible for a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July

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Turkish gov’t confiscates 527 companies since coup attempt: Deputy PM

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A total of 527 companies have been transferred to the state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) since a July 15 coup attempt in Turkey, Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli told reporters on Monday. “Two hundred seventy-one of them are subsidiaries of nine large conglomerates,” Canikli said, adding that the government has confiscated 30 such holdings

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Prisoner sets self on fire in bid to protest arrest of Kurdish politicians

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Under arrest in Kocaeli’s Gebze Women’s Prison, 26-year-old Zehra Epli set herself on fire in order to what other inmates say protest arrests of Kurdish politicians. According to T24 online news outlet which cites Evrensel newspaper as its source, Epli burnt herself at the prison’s bathroom. Fellow inmates from her holding cell told lawyer associations

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76 arrested, 138 others detained over coup charges on Monday

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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 76 people were arrested, while

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Mother of 4 arrested after husband, fearing torture, flees police

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Police detained an Antalya-based housewife after failing to reach her husband who has being wanted for his former employment at International Antalya University. The university has long been under investigation for its alleged ties to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt. A recent tip submitted to Turkey

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