An imam in the Turkish province of Mersin whose teacher son was arrested in a massive post-coup purge for alleged Gülen links committed suicide on Monday night. The 53-year-old imam reportedly hung himself after leading the night prayer at Zeytinli Bahçe Mosque in Toroslar’s Turgut Türkalp neighborhood. His congregation said the imam had been suffering […]
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In yet another of such remarks, Turkish deputy prime minister Numan Kurtulmuş targeted Gülen movement which was accused by Turkey’s government and President Tayyip Erdoğan of being behind the failed coup attempt on July 15, saying it is not different than Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Speaking at the 9th meeting of
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Tunceli police raided home of Doğan News Agency reporter Ferid Demir, on accusations of supporting and abetting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), on early Tuesday. “If you write accurate and unbiased news reports in Turkey, your camera and even school-related CDs belonging to your children could be seized. Just because I wrote true and
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Turkey’s Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday that a total of 233 members of the military have been expelled from their posts in the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) due to their alleged links to the based-faith Gülen movement, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup attempt on July 15. Out of
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The pro-government Metro Holding announced in a statement to the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) on Wednesday that it is planning to buy out Koza-İpek Holding. “The board of directors has authorized the TARA consulting firm to start talks on the acquisition of all shares of the government-confiscated Koza-İpek Holding on Oct. 12,” the statement said.
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In yet another example of scapegoating the Gülen movement for anything wrong in Turkey, the chairman of Soma Holding has reiterated earlier accusations, demanding an investigation into the movement’s role in the country’s deadliest mining disaster, which killed 301 people in 2014. Soma Holding Chairman Can Gürkan said during a hearing on Wednesday that the
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Guards in İstanbul’s Silivri prison pricked sewing needles to a female convict after she chanted slogans and refused to obey the management’s order to stay in a holding cell, according to her lawyer. In the light of massive arrests and detentions of the Gülen movement sympatizers, Turkish government has been relocating some prisoners in order
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Forty-five teachers have detained for allegedly using ByLock, a smart phone application that authorities believe is a communication tool between members of the Gülen movement, the state run Anadolu news agency reported on Monday. The teachers had already been dismissed as part of a witch-hunt against the Gülen movement launched following a coup attempt on
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The Turkish government has seized the title deeds of a total of 5,401 properties that have links to the faith-based Gülen movement as part of its ongoing witch-hunt against the movement, according to Turkey’s General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadaster, the Hürriyet daily reported on Sunday. According to the daily, 3,314 of the title
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