Human Rights Abuses
Pro-Kurdish Amedspor attacked by nationalist hooligans
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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Erdoğan calls Turks with foreign currencies terrorists
At a time when the Turkish lira has fallen to fresh record lows against both the US dollar and the euro, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the depreciation of the lira was the result of an operation targeting Turkey and there is no difference between a terrorist holding a gun and one having foreign
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Leftist newspaper’s distributor abducted, beaten by unknown thugs
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
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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Alevi cultural center in Germany attacked by ultranationalist group
An Alevi cultural center in German town of Mülheim was attacked by an ultranationalist group which sprayed insulting message and a red cross on the walls of it. “Blow out the candles, you dogs,” read a sentence in red paint marked near the door of the center. A cross was also spotted on the door.
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Turkish firm discriminates against purge victims in controversial job posting
Discrimination in post-coup Turkey has reached a new level with companies discriminating against those who have lost their jobs in investigations targeting the government’s perceived enemies. Seramik Dünyası, a building materials seller in the Aegean province of Manisa, posted a job offer for salesperson position at its office in downtown. “Not having been dismissed from
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Turkey’s Justice Ministry asks personnel to spy on colleagues: leaked doc
Turkey’s Justice Ministry has handed out pages of forms to its personnel asking if they know any colleague linked to terrorist organizations or the government’s perceived enemies, particularly the Gülen movement, according to a social media post. With the documents still lacking confirmation from any source, similar leaks in the aftermath of the July 15
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Leaked doc shows Turkey’s religious official in Belgium spied on Gülen movement
A document dated Sept. 26, 2016 shows that a Turkey’s religious official in Belgium profiled Gülen movement expatriates living in the European country and their activities, in response to an earlier call from Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet). The document, shared by the Twitter account of the Brussels-based Vocal Europe news portal, confirms that
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