Eyüp Öztürk, a 17-year-old boy with 99-percent disability was shot dead by his mother S.B., media said Friday. Denizli mother killed herself after shooting her son in the head who had cerebral palsy –permanent movement disorder caused by damaged brain parts. Eyup’s father, I.O., who got divorced from S.B. a year ago, was earlier discharged from his […]
At least three people died and four others were missing after a boat carrying a group of eight capsized on Tuesday in the Maritsa River while seeking to escape a post-coup crackdown in Turkey. According to Turkish media reports, the dead were identified as Ayşe Abdurrezzak, a 37-year-old teacher who was earlier dismissed from her
Ahmet Turan Özcerit, a UK-educated computer science professor who spent as long as 13 months under arrest as part of the government’s post-coup witch hunt, has passed away of liver cancer. The academic’s son Sinan Özcerit said Monday that his father died at hospital. Turan Özcerit obtained his master and PhD diplomas from the UK’s
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Nazire Terzi, the widow of Brig. Gen. Semih Terzi, who was killed by noncommissioned officer Ömer Halisdemir during a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for “aiding the crime of violation of the constitution,” the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Monday. According to the report,
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A total of 666 people in total have been detained for their critical stance against Turkey’s Afrin operations so far, according to official data. The Interior Ministry said in a statement on Feb 12 that 474 people were detained for “terror propaganda in their social media postings on Afrin operation” while the remaining 192 were caught up
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Nazire Terzi, la viuda del general de brigada Semih Terzi, que fue asesinado por el suboficial Ömer Halisdemir durante un intento de golpe en Turquía el 15 de julio de 2016, fue sentenciada a 18 años de prisión por “contribuir al delito de violación de la constitución”, informó el lunes la agencia de noticias estatal
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The number of prisoners who have been convicted over links to the Gulen movement totals 38,470, according to Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül. Speaking to an Antalya gathering on Saturday, Gül said the total number of people in prison who were convicted of Gulen ties has reached 38,470 as of Feb 10. The corresponding figure for
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Yusuf Ozan, a presenter for the pro-government Akit TV, on Sunday targeted the Cumhuriyet daily over a story it ran on the Afrin operation in Syria, saying Cumhuriyet journalists deserve to be executed. Commenting on a Cumhuriyet report about 11 Turkish soldiers killed on Saturday in the Afrin region of northwestern Syria, Ozan said: “You
Turkish police on Friday detained seven people, including two academics and three doctors, for watching a video of a speech by Turkish Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen on their mobile phones in a car in Adıyaman province, Hurriyet reported. The Gülen group is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15,
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