At least 31 former public workers were detained during a demonstration to protest their dismissals in Malatya province, on Saturday. The Confederation of Public Employees’ Trade Unions (KESK) members organized a demonstration against the government’s purge of critics in the aftermath of July 15. At least 130,000 people have lost their jobs over their links to the […]
Professor Yüksel Taşkın, one of 330 academics recently dismissed by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), gave a lesson in the midst of falling snow in İstanbul, the t24 news website reported on Sunday. “If you only focus on the injustices you face, that would be a big shame because the conscience has unity.
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A group of police officers mopped the floor with a Turkish journalist covering protests against the dismissal of 330 academics from universities by a government decree issued on Tuesday night. A man, who is believed to be a journalist given a permanent press card pinned on his shirt, was reportedly hospitalized after he was dragged
With police brutality already proven to have increased in the recent protests across the country, Ali Genç, an abusive officer who was involved in a violent arrest took it to the next level, asking for his colleagues’ opinion to dodge charges. “Do some makeup” to have bruises, one of his colleagues responded to the Facebook
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Turkey’s Doğan Media Group has fired İrfan Değirmenci, a presenter on Kanal D, because he declared on social media that he would vote “no” in a referendum that will be held April 16 on constitutional amendments which will open the way to a switch from a parliamentary system of governance to an executive presidency, news
A former candidate for leadership of the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Meral Akşener, was forced to address party members in the dark when a hotel in Çanakkale cut the power in an attempt to prevent the dissident politician from speaking. Akşener has been waging a campaign against incumbent chairman Devlet Bahçeli, who is a
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A columnist at Doğan Media Group’s Posta daily, Hakan Çelenk had his contract reportedly cancelled by the newspaper management days after he sarcastically criticized government plans for presidential referendum. “[Supposed that] I am an ill-intentioned president, defend the system against me. …I come into power and have corrupt ties. If someone attempts to discharge me, I
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Turkish authorities are seeking a prison sentence of up to 3,126 years in total and 18 life sentences for 55 deputies of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), including imprisoned Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş, who was indicted by a prosecutor demanding a jail sentence of up to 486 years and two life sentences. According to a statement
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An indictment prepared by an İstanbul prosecutor seeks aggravated life sentences and an additional 15 years in jail for businessmen Mustafa Seyidoğlu and Serdar Seyidoğlu, owners of the famous Seyidoğlu Baklava chain. The businessmen, who were arrested last September due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, are facing aggravated life sentences on charges
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Thirty-six employees from the Turkish Central Bank and 10 others from the Public Procurement Authority (KİK) have been detained in Ankara due to their use of a smart phone application known as ByLock, which Turkish authorities say is the top communication tool among the followers of the Gülen movement. Some of the detainees were reportedly
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