Briefly detained for taking photos of the street next to Istanbul’s Gayrettepe Police Station, journalist Tuğba Tekerek has talked about her time in detention, shedding light on what people jailed as part of the government’s ever-increasing crackdown on the Gülen movement suffer behind bars. “I was wondering if I would be by myself or with […]
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A notary clerk attacked Dr. Nazire Terzi, the widow of Gen. Semih Terzi, who was allegedly part of a coup attempt on July 15 and was killed by another officer, the Cumhuriyet daily reported. Dr. Terzi reportedly went to a notary public on Aug. 15 for a power of attorney to transfer her assets to
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Three ambassadors, including former Turkish President Abdullah Gül’s aide and former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s ex-adviser Gürcan Balık, were arrested as part of an investigation by the Ankara Public Prosecutor’s Office into people affiliated with the Gülen Movement in Turkey. Along with Balık, ambassadors Ali Fındık and Tuncay Babalı were arrested. Balık was detained by
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Under custody for four days as part of the government crackdown on the Gulen Movement, a Konya-based lawyer fainted on her way to the courthouse with her cuffed hands going viral on social media. Konya police detained 12 lawyers and 2 bar association personnel, as part of an investigation into the movement which the government
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Turkey’s ambassador to Cambodia, İlhan Tuğ has asked authorities in the Asian country to close down education institutions affiliated with the Gulen Movement, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt. According to state-run Anadolu Agency correspondents in the capital city of Phnom Penh, Tuğ officially demanded from Cambodia’s Foreign Ministry
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A major shareholder in the Islamic lender Bank Asya and Koza İnşaat, the two companies recently recently seized by the government, Mustafa Aydın Koyuncu was arrested over his alleged ties to the July 15 failed coup attempt. Police raided a farm house in Kırklareli’s Koyuncu village and arrested Koyuncu, on Thursday. Police reportedly found a
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A total of 92 people at Isparta’s Süleyman Demirel University (SDU) were suspended along with 62 others at Adıyaman University, with most of them implicated within investigations into the July 15 failed coup attempt, on Thursday. Victims of Thursday operation surged the total number of those suspended at SDU since July 15 up to 410.
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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 402 people were arrested, while 293 others were detained over the past 24 hours, according to Turkish news agencies. Meanwhile, 154 academics and university staff were
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Following the Turkish government’s sudden decision to prematurely release nearly 40,000 convicts despite the gravity of their crimes to make space in prisons in a post-coup purge, the murderer of Father Andrea Santoro of the Saint Maria Catholic Church is free before serving his time. Oğuzhan Aydın, who was convicted of killing the Catholic priest
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18 businessmen were arrested Aug 26 in a probe into the financial links of sympathizers of U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, including the chief executive of major Turkish company İhlas Holding, Cahit Paksoy. Within the scope of the probe, Paksoy and 97 others, including those from discount market chain A101, were detained on Aug 17. After
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