Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ called on sympathizers of the Gülen movement to give information about the activities of the movement, encouraging them to benefit remorse law. The government has long been carrying out a reckless clampdown on the movement accusing it of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt in the latest crackdown. “Our penal […]
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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 172 people were arrested, while 276 others were detained over the past 24 hours, according to Turkish news agencies. Police carried out the operations in at least
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Turkey’s Education Ministry has suspended 2,400 more teachers from their posts on Thursday in the latest wave of an ongoing witch-hunt against suspected sympathizers of the faith-based Gülen movement. The teachers were suspended according to a list that was prepared by the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) about teachers who use a smart phone application known as
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Two lawyers who are registered to the Konya Bar Association and being investigated for their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, have been arrested in the Kuşadası district of Aydın province by the Turkish authorities while they were attempting to flee to Greece, Haber Türk daily reported on Thursday. Thousands of people have fled Turkey
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Thirteen housewives were detained in the central province of Tokat on Thursday for organizing a fundraiser event for low income students under the umbrella of a foundation linked to the faith-based Gülen movement. The housewives were detained in the Turhal district of Tokat as part of an operation against Refia Women’s Foundation by the Tokat
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A total of 109 judges have been expelled from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) on the grounds that they have links to the faith-based Gülen movement, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a coup attempt in July. Previously, 79 military judges and prosecutors were also expelled from the TSK due to alleged
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In an open letter to the Turkish Parliament, six Turkey-based human rights associations on Thursday criticized recent remarks of ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Mehmet Metiner, who said the government would ignore allegations of torture and mistreatment if victims were sympathizers of the Gülen movement. The Helsinki Citizens Assembly (HYD), Human Rights Association
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The wife of a retired teacher in Turkey’s Aydın province has become a victim of what many call a relentless government witch-hunt against suspected sympathizers of the Gülen movement, which stands accused of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt. The government pinned the blame for the abortive coup on the movement, which has denied any
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With Turkey’s post-coup witch-hunt already gone off the rails, Turkey Purge has been continuously receiving anonymous tips from victims as well as from their relatives. The wife of an arrested man in Isparta province identified only by the initials U.T. decries the difficulties she has encountered in recent days in a letter translated below. “My
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