A Turkish court has ruled for the seizure of the assets of three former Galatasaray football club players as part of an ongoing witch-hunt against the faith-based Gülen movement. Arrest warrants had also been issued on Wednesday for former football stars Arif Erdem, Uğur Tütüneker and İsmail Demiriz due to their alleged links to the […]
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A Turkish judge who faced an investigation for releasing a statement in favor of the summer 2013 Gezi Park protests has been dismissed from his job over alleged links to US-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen. The Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) dismissed 2.847 judges and prosecutors on Wednesday for alleged links to the
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Thirty-one people were arrested and eight more were released in condition of judicial control as part of government-led operations targeting Gülen movement in Konya on Thursday. As part of an investigation by Konya Public Prosecutor’s Office, 39 people were detained in several police operatios after 18 August. A Konya court ruled for the arrest of
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As part of an ongoing witch-hunt against the faith-based Gülen movement, an İzmir court on Tuesday ruled to arrest 29 academics and staff members from the state-run İzmir Katip Çelebi University due to their alleged links to the movement. Another 11 academics and members of the staff were released by the court on judicial probation.
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Police in İzmir province displayed seized copies of national dailies critical of Turkish government and books of Fethullah Gülen as evidence of terror. Turkish police raided several houses as part of an investigation into Gülen Movement, which the government blames for the July 15 failed coup, in İzmir’s Tire district on Sunday. While five people
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Turkish police issued 187 arrest warrants and raided some 200 homes and workplaces on Thursday as their investigation into last month’s failed military coup shifted towards the business community, media reported. The assets of 187 businessmen were confiscated, Anadolu Agency said. The annual income of four largest companies raided on Thursday operation is said to
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Detention warrants were issued for 86 judges and prosecutors in Turkey’s 34 provinces as part of an investigation into irregularity in occupational exams, on Thursday. While 19 of the implicated names had already been under custody over their alleged links to the July 15 coup attempt, police detained 26 of them with the rest still
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A total of 20 academics and personnel at Turkey’s second most-populated university were detained as part of an investigation into the July 15 coup attempt probe. Professors and lecturers are among the academics detained at Anadolu University, on August 18. Turkey has detained 40,029 people with 20,355 of them arrested since July 15 coup attempt which
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The 50-year-old movie producer Ali Tokul has become the latest victim of Turkey’s purge that has seen 40,029 people detained and 20,355 arrested since the July 15 coup attempt. Those arrested included judges, prosecutors, journalists, teachers, military and police officers, governors and even a comedian. A former finalist of Turkey’s popular talent show, Yetenek Sizsiniz
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Turkish police detained the ex-adviser of former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, Gürcan Balık, as part of the ongoing operations against the people affiliated with the Gülen Movement in Turkey. Balik used to be known as the right hand of Davutoglu. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accusses the Gülen movement of being behind the July 15 coup
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