The İstanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued an arrest warrant for former CIA official Graham Fuller as part of an investigation into a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016, Hurriyet reported. According to the report Fuller is accused of “attempting to overthrow the government, attempting to subvert the work of the government, […]
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Former speechwriter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and current ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputy Aydın Ünal on Monday threatened Gülen movement people in Turkey, saying tougher days lie ahead as a result of a case against Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader who was arrested in Miami in March 2016 on
There are at least 230,735 people who were arrested and put behind bars in prisons across Turkey, according to the Justice Ministry. In response to a parliamentary question by the opposition deputy Gamze Ilgezdi, the ministry said 230,735 arrestees were recorded to be in Turkish prisons as of Nov 1, 2017. The corresponding number was
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Former Justice and Development Party (AKP) Yalova deputy Şükrü Önder has been given 6 years, 3 months prison sentence over alleged membership to Turkey’s Gülen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. According to the T24 news portal, a Yalova high criminal court made the ruling with Önder’s use
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Fatma Türkmen, who gave birth to a baby in Ankara on Monday, was reportedly detained on Tuesday over alleged links to the Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. According to the Twitter account @Odak2014, police came to the hospital several hours after Türkmen gave
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The Turkish National Police Academy has published a new report that offers a comprehensive road map to fight against the members of the Gülen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt last year. According to pro-Erdoğan daily Sabah, prosecutors, judges, police academy academics, financiers and undersecretaries were recommended methods, including the “German
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An Ankara court rejected the prosecutor in charge’s request for the release of Nuriye Gülmen, a former teacher who launched a hunger strike after being removed from the job as part of the government’s post-coup purge. Under arrest over terror charges since late May, this year, Gülmen was ordered to remain behind bars until the
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Turkey’s National Intelligence Agency (MIT) has set up a special unit to track down the overseas supporters of the movement, the state-run Anadolu news agency confirmed on Monday. “MIT [Turkey’s National Intelligence Agency] established a special unit for FETÖ members who are already based abroad or who have fled Turkey,” Anadolu said. In a reported
Fikret Başkaya, a professor of Economic Development and International Relations was detained following a police raid against his home in Ankara on Monday. The 77-year-old academic and the author of several books was caught by Ankara police. While the charges raised against him were unknown at the time of this writing, media said police detained
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The chief physician of the Akpınar State Hospital in Kirsehir province, identified only by his initials C.K., has been caught and put in pretrial detention over his alleged use of ByLock. State-run Anadolu news agency reported on Saturday that police detained C.K. at his home in Ankara as part of a Kirsehir-based investigation into the
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