More than 150 Turkish academics are ready to appear before an İstanbul court on Tuesday for signing a peace declaration in early 2016 criticizing the Turkish government for its violation of human rights and civilian casualties among the predominantly Kurdish population of eastern Turkey. The academics face terrorism charges and could receive jail terms of […]
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Three employees of Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab were detained as part of the Turkish government’s latest response to the businessman’s guilty plea in a US trial that implicated President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s close circle. Zarrab’s employees Sinem Arslan, Regaip Akol and Mustafa Hacısalihoğlu were rounded up at Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office, Hurriyet daily newspaper
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An İstanbul court on Monday ruled to keep in prison former Taraf daily journalist Mehmet Baransu, who was jailed in March 2015 after he revealed an alleged government plan to “eliminate the Gülen movement” based on a secret document he published in 2013, the T24 news website reported. According to the report, Baransu said he
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A Kurdish-language audio library, opened specifically for disabled children in 2014, has been shut down after the government seized the administration of the Diyarbakir Municipality over terror charges. Diyarbakir Municipality’s Social Services Unit established a web portal for the audio library where children’s stories were available to be listened in Kurmanji, Dimilki and Sorani dialects
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A prosecutor on Friday demanded a life sentence in an İstanbul court for main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Enis Berberoğlu for leaking information to journalists for a report on National Intelligence Organization (MİT) trucks transporting weapons to rebels in Syria, CNN Türk reported. The court also ruled to close the proceedings in Berberoğlu’s
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Heval Bozay, a teaching assistant at Nevsehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University’s Archeology department until he was dismissed by a government decree issued under post-coup emergency rule last year, is now earning his keep by operating a grocery store. Graduated from the Istanbul University’s archeology department, Bozay also holds a master degree from the same faculty.
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Engin Öztürk, a father of three who spent 15 months behind bars over his alleged ties to the Gulen movement, has been released only after his wife, Vina Öztürk passed away following a heart attack. Engin was the sole breadwinner of the Öztürk family until he was jailed in an Antalya prison 15 months ago.
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A total of eighty-five military officers were arrested in separate operations targeting Turkey’s Gülen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt. According to the Cumhuriyet daily, the suspects from were arrested as part of an investigation carried out by the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office. They are accused of being linked
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