This week, Turkish state news agency Anadolu published the confession of Lt. Col. Levent Turkkan, aide-de-camp of Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar. Turkkan’s confession is considered to be the highest-level ‘evidence’ that Gulenists are behind the coup. We have to emphasize that Turkkan’s remarks were shared with this photo that shows bruises and injuries […]
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In the previous post, we tried to dissect the testimony Lt. Col. Levent Turkkan and laid bare many contradictions that basically rendered the confession useless. In that testimony, Turkkan mentions about Major Mehmet Akkurt and particularly highlights his ties to Gulenists. As soon as he reveals that Akkurt is allegedly a Gulenist, the major turns
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Two top media freedom experts of the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) today condemned the ongoing crackdown on journalists and the media launched by Turkish Government in the wake of the attempted coup. The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye,
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In a telephone call with the Turkish Foreign Minister today, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sought an update on current investigations and measures to hold those responsible for the attempted coup to account, and reiterated his expectation that Turkey adhere to its international human rights obligations. “Heartened by the Government and opposition rallying around upholding
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Ali Bulaç, Mümtazer Türköne, Ahmet Turan Alkan and Şahin Alpay, veteran journalists for both Zaman and Today’s Zaman before they were seized by the government, have been detained due to allegedly being involved in the recent failed coup attempt, in the aftermath of which the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) crackdown on the media
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Turkey’s government has decided to close down dozens of media outlets, including 45 newspapers and 16 television stations in the wake of a failed military coup, the country’s state-run news agency reported Wednesday. Turkish media reported that 130 media organizations had been shuttered in a widening crackdown by Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government. The list also included
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the purge against Turkey’s news media, which continues to assume increasingly alarming proportions ten days after an abortive coup d’état. At dawn today, the anti-terrorism police added 47 new names to the already long list of wanted journalists The new wanted notices were issued on the basis of arrest warrants
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Amnesty International starts a petition against Turkey’s post-coup crackdown on the political dissent. Petition Link: https://www.amnesty.org/en/get-involved/take-action/turkey-rights-hard-won-cannot-be-taken-away/ “There are well-founded fears for people’s rights and freedoms in Turkey, as a crackdown of exceptional proportions continues following the failed coup attempt on 15 July 2016. At a time of great fear and uncertainty the government must not
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Turkish government issued warrants for the detention of 47 journalists in the post-coup crackdown. Earlier this week, another warrants was issued against 42 other journalists, of whom 16 have been detained. The detention of journalists and wide-scale purges of officials have raised concerns about a possible witch hunt by the government in the wake of
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Hanım Büşra Erdal, who was a court reporter for the Zaman daily before it was seized by the government in March, was detained in her hometown of Manisa due to allegedly being involved in the recent failed military coup attempt, in the aftermath of which the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AK Party) crackdown on
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