Turkey Purge

HRCP calls for immediate release of kidnapped school director, family

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan HRCP has called for the immediate release of ex-director of a Turkish schools in Pakistan, Mesut Kaçmaz, and his family who were abducted in the wee hours of Wednesday. According to the Nation, HRCP urged Pakistani government to immediately release the Kacmaz family and desist from deporting them; as there […]

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17 doctors, health personnel detained in post-coup investigation

At least 17 people were detained as part of an Aksaray-based investigation into the Gulen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15,2016 coup attempt, on Tuesday. An Aksaray prosecutor issued detention warrants for 18 individuals who were earlier removed from their jobs under post-coup emergency rule. Police carried out operations in Aksaray

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Konya police detain 11 businessmen in post-coup probe

At least 11 businessmen were detained as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement in the central Anatolian province of Konya, on Tuesday. Arrest warrants were issued for 17 business professionals and police rounded up 11 of the suspects, who are accused of having used ByLock mobile app. Police still seek the remaining 6 people. Turkish

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Turkey, the global leader in attacks against academia: report

Scholars, academic staff and students across the globe continue to face threats while Turkey has been singled out as the home to the highest number of reported attacks, according to a recent report. In its Tuesday report, titled Free to Think 2017, SAR documented 257 attacks in 35 countries where higher education participants, whether be

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Post-coup victims also profiled in social security numbers: opposition

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Bursa deputy Ceyhun İrgil has said the Turkish government is blacklisting employees who worked at places closed down by government decree and employees who were fired by their employers due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, accused of mounting a coup attempt in Turkey last year. According to

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8-year-old stripped of ‘Super Dad’ T-shirt during visit to jailed father

An 8-year-old boy was stripped of his T-shirt that bore the words ‘Super Dad’ during a visit to his father, under arrest for at least 14 months in Turkish government’s post-coup dragnet. A recent tip submitted to Magdur Mesajları, a Twitter account known for solidarity postings for Turkey’s post-coup rights victims, has allegedly shown that

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Local education director detained due to picture with ‘hero’ graffiti

Mustafa Kaya, the district director of national education in Izmir’s Seferihisar was taken into custody over his picture taken near a ‘hero’ graffiti, on Friday. Kaya is accused of having links to the Gulen movement, which the government blames for the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. The movement denies involvement. According to Dogan news agency,

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