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Threats to subscribers force Zaman Germany to cease publishing

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The Turkish-language Zaman newspaper has decided to halt its operations in Germany after its readers received threats over their subscriptions to the paper, Deutsche Welle (DW) reported on Friday. “Our subscribers are being visited; they are being threatened that if they continue to subscribe, they will have problems,” Süleyman Bağ, an executive at the paper, […]

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Businessman boasts of gun attack on store owned by Gülen follower

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“The allegation about the gun attack is true. We did our part regarding the issue,” a Kırıkkale businessman proudly confessed that he carried out the attack on a store owned by an alleged follower of the Gulen Movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the coup attempt in July. With top government officials calling on

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Turkey removes Hakan Şükür’s name from Edirne Walk of Fame

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Former Turkish international footballer and former MP Hakan Şükür’s name has been removed from the Edirne Walk of Fame, which comprises the names of legendary football players embedded in the sidewalks along several blocks of Edirne’s Talatpaşa Avenue. According to Turkish media outlets, a group of workers from the Edirne Municipality arrived at the avenue

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New wave of purge under way for PKK supporters, says Turkish minister

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Minister of Labor and Social Security Mehmet Müezzinoğlu has announced that the Turkish government is making preparations for an operation to cleanse alleged supporters of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) from jobs they hold in public institutions. Speaking to reporters in the western province of Bursa on Thursday, Müezzinoğlu said: “The individuals working in

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Fethullah Gülen’s dentist arrested in Ankara

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A Turkish dentists who reportedly provided dental treatment for Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen several times, was arrested on Thursday in Ankara, Haberturk daily reported. According to the report, the dentists, identified only by the initials A.Ö., was detained by a group of police officers from the Anti-Terror Branch of the Ankara Police Department early on Thursday. Upon his interrogation, the man was arrested by an

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Turkish university destroys books written by Gülen, supporters

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Turkey’s Sivas University pulled off the shelf of its libraries all copies of the books written by Fethullah Gülen and his alleged supporters and destroyed them via a shredder. The US-based Islamic scholar Gülen is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt. The cleric has denied involvement on many occasions.

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President Erdoğan confesses anti-Gülen witch-hunt has gone off track

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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has acknowledged that a witch-hunt he launched against the faith-based Gülen movement has gotten out of control and that people who have nothing to do with the movement are being labeled as Gülenists. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday night while returning from China where he attended the G20 summit, Erdoğan said:

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Teacher commits suicide after being dismissed over alleged Gulen links

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A teacher of 25 years, who was dismissed from profession last week over his alleged links with the Gülen movement, committed suicide in his house late on Sept 6, several media outlets reported. A decree issued last week under post-coup attempt emergency rules has led to dismissals of 50,589 civil servants and banned their employment

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Journalist Lale Kemal faces risk of dying in prison, says lawyer

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Ümit Kardaş, a lawyer representing journalist Lale Kemal, who was jailed as part of an ongoing witch-hunt against the Gülen movement, has said his client faces the risk of dying in prison due to ongoing health problems, the T24 news website reported on Tuesday. Kardaş also called on all journalist organizations for sensitivity concerning former

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Turkish gov’t seeks to jail all critics due to coup attempt, says CHP leader

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Leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said on Monday that it is not right to try to jail all government critics by capitalizing on government decrees that have the power of law and the emergency rule that was declared following a failed military coup on July 15. Speaking at the

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