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Police detain Kurdish mayor, hang Turkish flag on facade of town hall

A group of poliçe officers in plain clothes detained Mehmet Aydın, the mayor of Mardin’s Savur district from the pro–Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), and then hung a Turkish flag on the facade of the municipal building. Police teams reportedly conducted a search at the municipal building on Friday and seized some documents. Media reports stated that […]

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Alleged ISIL leader to give speech at Islamic conference in capital Ankara

Abu Hanzala, an alleged ISIL leader who declared a “holy war” against “infidels” in Turkey in 2014, has been revealed as a speaker at an Islamic conference scheduled to take place in the hearth of Turkish Capital of Ankara on February 26. According to the posters hung around the Etimesgut district of Ankara, Hanzala is

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17 academics, personnel at Erzurum university detained

Seventeen academics and employees who were earlier dismissed from Erzurum’s Atatürk University were detained as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement on Friday. The detainees include two professors, several assistant professors and research assistants The suspects are accused of using the ByLock smart phone application, which according to prosecutors, is the top communication

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Bus assistant detained after putting scrap newspaper with Erdoğan’s picture on floor

A bus steward working for a local company in Adana province was detained on complaint after he put a scrap newspaper with a picture of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the paper, to dry a wet mat on the bus’ floor. “Do not lay it on the floor. It has the picture of our President,”

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Detention warrants issued for 100 civilians in 31 provinces over Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 100 people across 31 provinces that include high-level administrators over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement. The detention warrants were issued as part of a Konya-based investigation. According to state-run Anadolu News Agency, around 30 people have so far been detained as part of the investigation. Turkey

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1,734 arrested, 18,000 on detention list on terror propaganda charges on social media

A total of 1,734 people have been arrested since a failed coup attempt on July 15 while 18,194 others are on a detention list on charges of disseminating terror propaganda from their social media accounts, according to a report by the Anadolu news agency on Thursday. Cyber crime police units which examine social media accounts

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Turkey arrests 9 more TÜBİTAK engineers on coup charges

A Turkish court ruled for the arrest of 9 engineers from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBİTAK), Sözcü daily reported on Thursday. Early on Feb. 16, police teams carried out simultaneous operations in Kocaeli, İstanbul and Ankara province, and detained 24 engineers as part of an investigation launched by a Kocaeli prosecutor.

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Twitter user detained for praising Gülen movement on social media

A popular Twitter user with the user name “bıbıcımsıfırladım” was identified and detained in İstanbul on Wednesday for posting tweets that praise the Gulen movement, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. The Anadolu Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued a detention warrant for the Twitter user, “bıbıcımsıfırladım,” who

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6 students dancing to Kurdish music released after brief detention in Aydın

Six students from Aydın Anadolu İmam Hatip High School were released on Monday following a brief detention over dancing to Kurdish music. According Doğan news agency, 14-year-old Y.B. and his five friends were detained after the school administration submitted a complaint against the students for dancing to Kurdish music during the class. Their teacher in

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