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Ultra-nationalist mob attacks opposition deputy while campaigning for ‘no’ vote

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Sinan Oğan, a politician who was previously expelled from the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), was attacked on Sunday in Yozgat province while campaigning to persuade people to vote “no” in a critical referendum on April 16 that will introduce an executive presidency in the country if approved. “First the dais was taken down, then […]

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Knife attack during Women’s Day event at Turkey’s Bilgi University

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A group of 30 people attacked a Women’s Day event at Bilgi University with witnesses reporting that some of the attackers were carrying knives on their hands. The group broke into the the university’s Santral Istanbul campus and headed to the tents established as part of an event to mark the Women’s Day on March

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Woman who gave birth last night detained at hospital

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Turkish police detained Fadime Günay, a 32-year-old woman who gave birth at Alanya Başkent hospital last night, have been detained over alleged Gülen links, according to media Turkish media. Late on Sunday night, a group of police officers arrived in the hospital and demanded Günay’s immediate discharge from the hospital as soon as she delivered

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Pro-Kurdish Amedspor attacked by nationalist hooligans

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Pro-Kurdish Amedspor has been attacked by nationalist fans of Konya Anadolu Selçukluspor after its 3-0 victory in an away game on Sunday. While the Diyarbakır-based club defeated Selçukluspor in the third division match the team bus was attacked before it left Konya, a central Anatolian province that is home to nationalist conservatives. “A heinous attack

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Leftist newspaper’s distributor abducted, beaten by unknown thugs

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Left-wing Turkish newspaper Evrensel reported on Sunday that Zeynep Tunçel, its reader and distributor were abducted and beaten by a group of unidentified people who accused her of resisting to the government. Tunçel took a phone call from an unknown number at 8.30 am through which told her that her cousin had had a traffic

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Opposition CHP members attacked, detained over call to protect secularism

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Three people from the main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party’s (CHP) youth branch in Sakarya’s Serdivan district were battered by an angry mob who chanted “La Ilaha Illallah,” over a banner they hanged inside a shopping mall. Banners reportedly read: “Turkey is secular and will remain secular,” and “We are soldiers of Mustafa Kemal.” Mustafa Kemal

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Turkey’s outspoken fashion designer attacked by mob, detained by police at İstanbul airport

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Famous fashion designer Barbaros Şansal was beaten up by an angry mob who gathered at an Istanbul Airport tarmac in protest of a controversial video Şansal posted on the New Year’s Eve, late on Monday. The protesters, turned out to be employees of Turkish Ground Services (TGS) –a subsidiary of the state-run carrier Turkish Airlines–,

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