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Court rules for continuation of arrest of Cumhuriyet journalists

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An İstanbul court on Monday evening ruled for continuation of imprisonmenet of five Cumhuriyet daily journalists — Akın Atalay, Murat Sabuncu, Kadri Gürsel, Ahmet Şık and Kemal Aydoğdu. According to Turkish media, İstanbul 27th High Criminal Court ruled on Monday that the five Cumhuriyet journalists will remain in pretrial detention until the next hearing on Sept. […]

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[VIDEO] Turkey’s energy minister: I would strangle Gülenists wherever I see them

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Addressing students being sent abroad with a scholarship, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son-in-law and Energy and Natural Resources Minister Berat Albayrak has said he would strangle supports of Gülen movement wherever he sees them, the Cumhuriyet daily reported on Friday. Claiming that Gülen movement members, who Turkish government accuses of having mounted a botched coup

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One-dollar bills, newspaper subscription, bank accounts seen as evidence of coup-plotter links: SCF report

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A recently released report by the Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) has revealed how the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has abused the rule of law and jailed innocent people on absurd charges, from possessing a dollar bill and cancelling a cable TV subscription to purchasing the most highly circulated daily and membership

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‘615 Turkish civil servants sought asylum in Germany since coup attempt’

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A total of 615 Turkish civil servants have applied for political asylum in Germany since a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016, according to German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere. Deutsche Welle reported on Monday that, the German minister, who spoke to Rhein Zeitung, revealed that 250 of 615 these civil servants were

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[VIDEO] AKP deputy: Don’t greet Gülen followers even during Eid Al Adha, report them to police instead

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Ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) parliamentary group deputy chairman and Kayseri deputy Mustafa Elitaş warned party members in Kayseri on Thursday not to greet followers of the Gülen movement during the Eid al-Adha festival on Friday and advised members to report them to the police instead. Speaking during a party gathering in Kayseri

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Woman says she miscarried baby due to stress under police custody

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A Turkish woman, whose identity remains anonymous, has said in a recent video recording that she miscarried her baby due to the stress she experienced under custody. The details about the video, recently shared by social media accounts that often make postings on post-coup rights violations, are still unknown and Turkey Purge is not able

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Cancer survivor teacher under arrest as disabled daughter shows anxiety

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Muharrem Sağlar, a Bingöl-based former teacher who was retired after he survived colon cancer, has been under arrest for more than 5 months and his daughter, a 100 hundred disabled girl shows anxiety as she misses her father. According to a video recording posted on social media very recently, Sağlar’s family has been going through

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Detention warrants issued for 69 army cadets on coup charges

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An Ankara prosecutor issued detention warrats for a total of sixty-nine cadets attending the Turkish Military Academy over their alleged involvement in a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. Police have so far detained 50 of the cadets in several different Turkish provinces. The suspects are accused of arming their classmates in an effort to participate the

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Police officers who guarded Erdogan on night of coup attempt arrested: report

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Some of the police officers who allegedly guarded Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan against the putscihst soldiers on the night of a coup attempt on July 15, 2016, have been put in pre-trial detention on coup charges, the Sputnik English reported on Saturday. According to the report, speaking during a hearing of the trial of

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