Murat Arslan, the last chairman of Turkey’s Judges and Prosecutors Association (YARSAV) was shortlisted along with two other candidates to the 2017 Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize by the Council of Europe (CoE). Under arrest since Oct 26, 2016 over his alleged links to the Gulen movement, Arslan acted as the chair of YARSAV until it […]
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The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has allegedly developed a software to identify Gülenists soldier witnin the army, the pro-gov’t Sabah daily reported on Wednesday. According to the report, the software categorizes the relations of TSK members with the Gülen group using green, yellow and red colors. Gülen group is accused by the Turkish government of
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Turkish police have detained 23 people in a Corum-based probe on accusations that they use a smart phone application known as ByLock, on Aug 28. According to state-run Anadolu agency, arrest warrants were issued for 33 people in eight provinces as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, accused by the Turkish government of
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At least 408 Turkish citizens claimed asylum in Switzerland in the aftermath of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, according to Reuters. In response to a parliamentary inquiry, Swiss State Secretariat for Migration 408 Turkish citizens sought asylum since the July coup attempt, including some holders of diplomatic passports, Reuters reported. Turkey survived a military
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Cem Özdemir, co-leader of the German Green Party, has said the lists received from Turkey of people and companies allegedly affiliated with the Gülen group have been prepared by a police state, not by a state of law, Deutsche Welle reported on Monday. Referring to German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel’s warnings to German citizens about
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A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and taken into custody. At least 1711 people were detained, with 998 of them put in pre-trial detention in operations targeting Turkey’s Kurdish minority, and the Gülen group, which the Turkish government accuses
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The wife and one of the sons of former police chief Anadolu Atayun, who has already been under arrest for some 3 years, was detained in Mugla’s coastal district of Fethiye while they were trying to illegally escape to Greece in a boat. Following a 34-hour chase launched upon a complaint, Fethiye police carried out an
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