Turkish authorities have begun to seal off the buildings of associations and foundations that were closed down by a recent government decree after prosecutors claimed that they were linked to terrorist organizations or groups deemed to be acting against “national interests.” On Monday, a group of police officers sealed off the building of the Democratic […]
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Party (CHP) deputy Enis Berberoğlu and 10 years in prison for Cumhuriyet daily’s former editor-in-chief Can Dündar and the daily’s Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gül over a report on National Intelligence Organization (MİT) trucks. The indictment prepared by public prosecutor Mehmet Yeşilkaya, which was made public on Jan. 11, seeks the sentences for “aiding an
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Twenty-six teachers have been arrested in Turkey’s Malatya province as part of an investigation into the followers of the Gülen movement. The teachers were earlier accused of using ByLock mobile application, which the prosecutors claim a primary communication tool among sympathizers of the movement. Police carried out operations and detained 34 teachers in 8 provinces
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E.D., who was detained in İzmir for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, was arrested by an İzmir court on Monday, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. E.D. was detained at home in a police raid following a denunciation of his “insults.” On Saturday, K.D., who works for a private company
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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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Twenty-one people who had filed legal complaints against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the past were detained on Tuesday as part of operations targeting the Gülen movement, which is accused by the Turkish government of being behind an attempted coup in July. According to the Doğan News agency 21 people, including teachers and businessmen, had
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Journalist Aylina Kılıç tweeted on Tuesday that she was detained by police at İstanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport over alleged “terrorist propaganda.” According to the tweets posted by Kılıç, she is going to appear in an Istanbul court tomorrow. “I have been detained at Istanbul airport on charges of doing terror propaganda. I deny these claims.
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan issued a message on Monday to celebrate Jan. 10, Working Journalists Day, as Turkey has been declared the worst jailer of journalists in the world for the second year in a row amid ever-increasing pressure on media in the country. Erdoğan underlined the importance of a free media for a developed
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A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and taken into custody. At least 451 people were arrested, while 889 others were detained over the past 8 days, according to Turkish news agencies. Police carried out the operations in at
Turkish police teams on Monday used tear gas, pressurized water and plastic bullets against a group of people from civil society organizations and bar associations which gathered in front of the Turkish Parliament against government plans to introduce a presidential system in Turkey. Representatives from the civil society organizations and bar associations were preparing to
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