Four people were detained after they stood out against a government-employed, local imam who had asked worshippers to pray for Turkey’s offensive in the Syrian city of Afrin during a Friday sermon. Media reported that a group of worshippers left the Friday prayer at Feqıyê Teyran mosque in Diyarbakir’s Kayapinar district when the imam praised the […]
An Ankara woman, identified as M.A., was detained after being reported to police for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a conversation with her friend on the bus. Cumhuriyet daily newspaper said Friday that M.A. was reported to police by another commuter who had overheard M.A.’s conversation in which she was discussing the 2013
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Justice and Development Party (AKP) Gaziantep deputy Şamil Tayyar has welcomed the death news of a soldier from the US Special Forces in northern Syria’s Afrin region, where four days ago the Turkish military launched an offensive against Kurdish-held positions. “Wow. It is a good thing,” Tayyar tweeted. The deputy is known for his extreme support
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Turkish Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen’s niece, identified as B.G., was given 7.5 years of prison sentence on terror charges. State-run Anadolu news agency said Thursday that B.G., under pretrial detention since Nov 2016, was sentenced to 7 years plus 6 months in prison on charges of membership to a terror group. Underlining that she was
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The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has said that it is concerned with the reported allegations of torture and mistreatment against detained lawyers in Turkey. In a written statement to mark the 2018 Day of the Endangered Lawyer on Jan 24, the IBAHRI’s co-chair Hans Corell said the institute is deeply concerned by the large
Detention warrant was issued on Friday for Fatih Samed Kılıç, son of Haşim Kılıç, a former chief justice, as part of an investigation into the Gülen group, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Kılıç is accused of using a mobile application called Bylock. Turkish authorities believe ByLock is a communication tool among followers of the Gülen group,
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The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has called on the government of Turkey to halt the persecution of human rights defenders and legal professionals amid growing evidence that they are being systematically persecuted, detained and prosecuted by Turkish authorities. In a statement published on the website of the Arrested Lawyers Initiative to mark
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Kral FM radio host Ali Şentürk, known as “Afrikalı Ali,” called on security forces to kill anybody who criticizes Turkey’s operation in the Kurdish-controlled Afrin region of Syria, Cumhuriyet reported. “I am calling on the police. They should show no mercy. The government has already given them the authority. They [police] should leave mercy aside
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An Adana court sentenced the last president of the now-defunct Nizam Lawyers’ Association, identified as S.U., to 9 years in jail on terror charges. S.U., a lawyer who chaired the Adana-based Nizam Lawyers’ Association until it was closed in a post-coup emergency decree, appeared during his final hearing on Thursday. Under arrest for some time
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The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Sunday launched an investigation into pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Ayhan Bilgen and Nadir Yıldırım for tweets critical of Turkish military operations in the Kurdish-controlled Afrin region of Syria. According a Cumhuriyet report, Bilgen and Yıldırım are accused of “incitement of hatred and hostility” through their messages
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