Human Rights Abuses

‘Parallels not allowed’ banner hung on Turkish restaurants

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Huge banners on the walls of two restaurants in Istanbul read the same discriminatory sentence: “Parallels and sympathizers of parallels not allowed inside the restaurant,” a clear reference to Gulen Movement which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup. Nevada Steakhouse and Sarıhan İşkembe, the two restaurants located in Başakşehir quarter, hung separate

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Turkish teacher feared killed amid controversial police raids

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A teacher at a state-run Istanbul school, Recep Demirtaş is feared to have been killed amid successive police raids on his house. Demirtaş was among thousands of others who were suspended by the Education Ministry as part of an investigation into Turkey’s July 15 coup attempt. Five people, reported to be police officers according to

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Former vice rector admits profiling Gulenists at university

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I have profiled Gulenist academics according to their departments since July 15, Aslan Bilici, former vice-rector of Turkey’s Dicle University said during his testimony in order to escape accusations that he is a member of what the government officials call Gulenist terror organisation. Bilici was briefly detained along with 63 other academics as part of

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Deputy PM acknowledges witch-hunt against Gulen Movement

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Deputy Prime Minister Tuğrul Türkeş acknowledged that Gulen Movement has being accused for each and every wrongdoing in Turkey, saying that witch-hunt is underway for sympathizers of the movement. “When the shock absorber of your car is broken, they put blame on people with ties to FETO [an abbreviation the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan coined

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Expat gets attacked as Turkish diplomat urges action against Gülen sympathizers

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A Turkish man has been attacked in the head a day after Turkey’s Consul General in Rotterdam called on people to “do their part” against Gülen Movement. Hasan Cücük, former Denmark reporter of Turkey’s seized newspaper Zaman wrote on his Twitter account on Friday that an Amsterdam-based Hizmet (a.k.a. Gulen Movement) volunteer was attacked a

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Pro-gov’t business club vows fight against Gulen sympathizers in economy

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The Independent Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association (MÜSİAD) is ready to take all necessary actions to fully root out any businessmen related to Gülen Movement, Nail Olpak, the president of the organization is quoted by Daily Sabah. Olpak also said MÜSİAD has been carrying out investigations to cancel the memberships of Gülen sympathizers, if any. President

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