A Turkish man named Faysal Ugar has been held in police custody since September 22 despite lack of an existing detention warrant about him, according to a tweet posted by the man’s brother, Engi Ugar. “My brother, Faysal Ugar, left yesterday for Friday prayer. They told us that despite lack of a detention warrant, he […]
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A Bursa man, identified only with his initials Ö.G., was briefly detained upon a complaint that he was wearing a ‘hero’ T-shirt, on Friday. Bursa police detained Ö.G. following a false tip-off which reported him to police as wearing a hero T-shirt. Police stopped Ö.G. near Bursa’s touristic Koza Inn and interrogated him. When they
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Ömer Turan, the editor in chief of the pro-government online news portal Manset24, was detained on Thursday. Turan was detained over a report, published in Manset24 early on the same day, about an alleged relation between National Intelligence Agency (MİT) head Hakan Fidan and Önder Aytaç, an academic and a columnist with an outstanding arrest
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Turkey came first in the Twitter’s censorship index by content removal requests that the microblogging company received worldwide in the first half of 2017. A total of 1,995 content removal requests were filed by Turkey’s government agencies including police and other institutions, making up 37 percent of the total number of such requests made globally
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At least 41 people were detained as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement in İzmir, on Friday. Detention warrants were issued for 49 individuals from several occupational groups in İzmir, Konya, and İstanbul. While 41 of the suspects were rounded up, police were seeking the remaining 8 at the time of this writing. Turkish authorities
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İzmir Chief Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 44 people including 33 lawyers as part of an investigation into İzmir Bar Associations due to alleged links to Gülen Movement, accused of orchestrating a coup attempt in July, 2016. According to a Cumhuriyet daily report on Friday, Turkish anti-terror police detained 26 people, some of
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The crown of Miss Turkey 2017, Itır Esen, was taken away by contest organizers over one of her tweets on the anniversary of a failed coup in July 2016. According to T24, Esen’s crown was taken away and given to Aslı Sümen, the first runner-up. Esen deleted her Twitter account following the decision. On July
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An İstanbul court arrested a total of 14 lawyers due to their alleged links to Far-left Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C), the Cumhuriyet daily reported on Thursday. According to the reports, 16 lawyers were detained as part of an investigation by İstanbul Chief Prosecutor’s Office into DHKP/C. Among the arrestees are the two lawyers of
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Journalist Nevşin Mengü, known for her critical stance towards the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, announced on Thursday that she was parting ways with CNN Türk, where she had once served as an evening news anchor. Mengü tweeted: “We part ways with love This happens sometimes. I hope
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The Beyoğlu district governor’s office in İstanbul banned a journalism awards ceremony named after Kurdish dissident writer and activist Musa Anter and planned to be held at a hotel in İstanbul on Thursday evening due to an ongoing state of emergency in Turkey. According to the Bianet website, the local governor’s office send a letter
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