After he was kept behind bars for 12 days as part of an investigation into Turkish hacker group RedHack, Taylan Kulaçoğlu, an alleged member of the group, has said he was threatened with rape during his detention. Six people including Kulaçoğlu who were detained on Sept. 24 as part of investigation into the hacker group […]
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Turkey has deported 50 Nigerian students who studied at a Fethullah Gülen-linked university in İstanbul after a diplomatic dispute with the African country broke out over the detention of the students at the airport on Oct. 1. Earlier on Thursday the Nigerian House of Representatives gave the Turkish government a seven-day ultimatum to release 50
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Yücel D., reportedly a member of Communist Party of Turkey and Marxist Leninist Movement(TKP/ML), was arrested in Çorum province on Thursday over his social media shares insulting President Tayyip Erdoğan. According to Doğan news agency, Yücel D. was arrested and put in a jail in Çorum after a court ordered his arrest over “insulting the
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has announced a three-month extension of the state of emergency imposed after a failed July 15 coup attempt, giving him broad powers to rule by decree. He has launched a massive crackdown against followers of the self-exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Mr. Erdogan accuses of instigating the attempted overthrow. Mr.
At least 200 people were arrested, while 139 others were detained on Thursday, according to Turkish news agencies. Police carried out the operations in 13 provinces across Turkey. With most of the arrestees being academics, those arrested over the past day also included teachers, state workers, military personal. Among those detained are small business owners, housewives, state
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Thirty-three out of 40 people, who are members of the Kimse Yok Mu aid foundation and referred to court for arrest on Wednesday, were arrested on Friday as part of an İstanbul-based investigation targeting the faith-based Gülen movement. Seven of the detainees were released after their interrogation by the court. Detention warrants were issued last
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Human Rights Commissioner at the Council of Europe Nils Muiznieks has called on Turkish authorities to end in the shortest time possible a state of emergency that was declared in the wake of a failed military coup on July 15. A memorandum released by Muiznieks’ office on Friday on the human rights implications of measures
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Two female doctors who have recently been dismissed from their posts at state-run hospitals in Ankara due to their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, have been arrested by the Turkish authorities in Edirne province while they were attempting to flee to Greece, a statement from the Edirne Governor’s Office said on Wednesday. Thousands
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In yet another attempt to demonize sympathizers of the Gülen movement, pro-government journalist Ömer Turan said Gülenists make use of jinns and magicians in order to spread cancer in the country. “FETÖ is capable of seeping into the bodies of targeted people and instilling cancer with the help of a method called magnetic wave, or
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“Political [prisoners] are being subjected to torture,” said a man under arrest, in an obvious cry for help, as he was being forced into a police car after a medical checkup in Manisa province. With allegations of ill-treatment of Turkey’s post-coup prisoners becoming more widespread by the day, the relatives of an arrested man videotaped a
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