A group of Confederation of Public Workers’ Unions (KESK) members who were suspended under Turkey’s post-coup emergency rule, are fined TL 227 [$61] for each day of their protest to recover their jobs. Four protestors have been gathering at Yüzüncüyıl intersection in Malatya province in order to protest their suspensions for the past seven straight […]
Aladdin Kaya, under arrest since Aug. 19, faces life in prison as part of a post-coup prosecution into the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of organizing a coup attempt on July 15. The movement denies involvement. Kaya was the legal owner of Turkey’s biggest newspaper, Zaman until it was seized by the government as
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Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 73 women as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, which the government blames for a July 15 coup attempt. 55 of the suspects were rounded up on Friday. Turkey’s unprecedented witch-hunt had resulted in the imprisonment of 41,752 people as of Dec. 30, according
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Trustees were appointed to 2 companies in Sakarya province due to their alleged ties to the Gulen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding a botched coup on July 15, on Thursday. Ada Aygün furniture company and Aygünler textile firm were seized over coup charges. Trustees from the state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) were
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Italian lawyer Barbara Spinelli was not allowed to enter Turkey as she was told to return to her country at Istanbul Airport on Friday. According to Italian newspaper La Stampa Spinelli was expected to spend the night at the Istanbul Airport until she catches the next flight to the Italia. Focused on human rights issues
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Mehmet Bayındır, the elected head of Sanayi neighborhood in Diyarbakır’s Bismil district for 10 years, was dismissed for using the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş as his profile picture on Facebook. Bayındır was also reported to have shared on his social media a picture of his colleague Abdullah Beğik with Abdullah Öcalan,
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A video widely shared on Twitter on Friday night shows patrol teams on streets of Diyarbakır’s Sur district forcing school kids and their parents to remove their coats and show their naked bellies to ensure they carry no explosives. In the video that apparently was recorded by other police officers in patrol car during days
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Başar Arslan, former publisher of Taraf newspaper had an arrest warrant issued against him on accusation of membership to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of organizing a coup attempt on July 15. Taraf was earlier shut down with a post-coup government decree. An Istanbul court issued detention warrant for Arslan while police failed
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A 36-year-old man, Ramazan Kabaağaç, who killed his 69-year-old uncle, Ahmet Kahya, in a public market in Antalya last year, has said in his court statement that his uncle was a leader of “FETÖ,” a derogatory term used by government circles to refer to the faith-based Gülen movement. The incident took place on Oct. 21,
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Said Sefa, a columnist and the editor-in chief of Haberdar news portal said his father passed away but that he is not able to attend the funeral. Sefa announced in a frankly written article on Friday that his father had long been suffering from stomach cancer. “If something happens to me, do not even dare
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