Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday reiterated an earlier call he made to Turkish people, calling on them to report followers of the faith-based Gülen movement in their surroundings to the police and prosecutors’ offices so that they can be prosecuted for their links to the movement. Speaking at a public rally in the […]
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“I am a graduate from the Kyrgyzstani University, from the class of 2003 as an English teacher. As a result of the military coup of February 28, 1998, our diplomas were deemed ineligible. At that time, traveling to Central Asia was perceived as an indicant of affiliation to the Gulen Movement. Thus, for nearly ten
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Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has shut down 29 television stations for illegal broadcasting and also decided to impose sanctions on two stations for terrorist propaganda and discriminatory broadcasting, the Cumhuriyet daily reported on Saturday. Chinko TV, Plus Life, Sultan, Welat, Cmax, Awaza Kurdi, TV Korku, Pix, Vizyon TV, Filght TV, Arti TV,
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A Turkish court has ruled on arrests of 36 businessmen in the central Anatolian province of Kayseri, in an investigation into the Gulen Movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the coup attempt. Out of 45 businessmen who had been detained two weeks ago, nine were released on probation while the remainder 36 were jailed,
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A Turkish court, on Saturday, ruled on arrests of 10 academics at Kocaeli University, increasing the already-high number of intellectuals taken under custody as part of an investigation into the Gulen Movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt. Police detained 21 academics on August 20. While 11 were released –four
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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 307 people were arrested, while 183 others were detained over the past 24 hours, according to Turkish news agencies. Meanwhile, Mustafa Birincioğlu, the former rector of
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Turkish singer Sıla Gençoğlu some of whose concerts have been cancelled due to her critical statements about a democracy rally held earlier this month, has another of her concert be cancelled, Cumhuriyet daily reported on Sunday. The young singer refused to attend the democracy rally held in Istanbul on Aug.7 against a failed coup attempt
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Turkish police raided the Diyarbakır offices of Kurdish-publishing daily newspaper, Azadiya Welat on Sunday. Police officers reportedly continue searching the office. The number of journalists jailed in Turkey went up to 106 with the recent arrests of two reporters for pro-Kurdish news outlets. DİHA news agency’s Erdem Mühirci were arrested along with Ali Aşikar from
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Turkey’s Interior Ministry is poised to dismiss 6,800 police officers, over their alleged ties to then Gülen Movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt, in a new decree to be issued under emergency rules. According to Milliyet daily, the ministry has recently prepared a new list of police officers suspected of
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As part of a post-coup-attempt witch-hunt targeting the Gülen movement, the Ministry of Defense has dismissed 196 military court judges and prosecutors over links to the movement, reported the Cumhuriyet daily on Saturday. The state-run Anadolu news agency reported on July 20 that the Defense Ministry sacked at least 262 military court judges and prosecutors
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