Nine women have been detained as part of an operation targeting the alleged followers of the Gülen movement in an operation based in the western province of İzmir. According to pro-government Milat daily, the detentions took place following simultaneous raids on 10 locations in Eskişehir, Manisa, Şanlıurfa, Burdur, İstanbul, Çanakkale, Antalya, Uşak and Kayseri as […]
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At least 2,462 “No” campaigners were detained and 453 sent to jail during the 85-day campaign in the run up to a referendum in Turkey to extend the country’s presidential powers. According to a recent report released by the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the past two months were a “total violation of democratic principles
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Ballot box official Melisa Yet has ended up with a fractured neck as she was attacked by whom she calls the ruling Justice and Development Party’s youth members during Apr 16 referendum. Yet argued during the vote counting that one of the Yes votes should be considered invalid as the voting slip had a slight
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The Erzurum-based teacher, identified as Fatih G., has received a jail sentence of 6 years and 3 months for his ties to the Gulen movement, which the government blames for the July 15 coup attempt and labels as a terrorist organization. Stood trial on accusation of membership to “the FETO armed terrorist organisation,” he was sentenced to
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The İstanbul 64th Penal Court of First Instance on Thursday fined columnist Tuğrul Çelik TL 4,391 for “insulting” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son Bilal Erdoğan in an article published by the Türk Solu daily on Oct. 25, 2015. The columnist announced the court ruling in a tweet late on Thursday, saying that he was initially
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At least 14 executives of the Kimse Yok Mu aid organization’s local branch in Samsun province were detained as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement, on Tuesday. Turkey accuses the movement of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt while the latter denies any involvement. Police carried out operations in Samsun and Trabzon provinces
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Cengiz Usta, a 44-year-old teacher who was dismissed from his post as part of the Turkish government’s post-coup purge of state-institutions, has been missing since Apr 4, joining two other education professionals who are claimed to have been abducted in the same week. The mystery all three have in common in their profiles is that they
An Ankara court has arrested a lieutenant who was dismissed from the military and his wife for watching a video of Fethullah Gülen, who is accused by Turkish authorities of masterminding a failed coup attempt in Turkey last summer. Acting on a tip, police in the capital city had raided a cybercafé in the Belsin
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As part of an investigation launched into the outlawed the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Burcu Çelik was arrested by a Muş court on Wednesday for “membership in an armed terrorist organization” and “attempting to destroy the unity of the state and nation.” Çelik was reportedly sent to Muş Prison
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