Prosecutors in the western province of Uşak have demanded two life sentences and an additional 1,900 years in prison for US-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, whom the government accuses to mastermind the July 15 failed coup, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Aug. 16. In a 2,527-page indictment, Gülen is charged with attempting to destroy the […]
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Gendarmerie forces have searched the house of former Turkish international footballer and former MP Hakan Şükür in the Kandıra district of the northwestern province of Kocaeli, as a part of investigations into the failed July 15 coup attempt. A detention warrant has been issued for Şükür, who is accused of being a member of the
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Turkey’s media watchdog, RTÜK cancelled the broadcasting license of Kanal 35 as its owner was earlier detained by police over his alleged links to the July 15 coup attempt. Ahmet Küçükbay, the owner of Küçükbay Business Group, was detained by İzmir police on suspicion of financing what the Gulen Movement, on August 8. RTÜK cancelled
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An expert on religious studies and a visiting scholar at Turkey’s Karabük University, Canadian professor Clyde Forsberg has asked for help via social media after police raided his home amid massive purge against intellectuals launched following the July 15 coup attempt. “Everyone! Friends! The police have come to my home. They are searching the apartment
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At least a thousand of Turkey’s 3,000 diplomats serve Gulen Movement, retired consulate Vahit Özdemir was quoted by the pro-government newspaper, Star in the latest of a prospective purge wave within state institutions. Turkey has already suspended nearly 80,000 state workers, detained some 30,000 and arrested 15,000. Claiming that diplomats with alleged ties to Gulen
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A total of 106 courthouse staff were detained early Aug 15 in Istanbul as part of operations into the coup attempt of July 15 that failed to overthrow the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government. Counter-terrorism police raided on Monday the Çağlayan, Gaziosmanpaşa and Bakırköy courthouses in İstanbul, and rounded up people, which
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A recent draft bill prepared by Turkey’s ruling AK Party seeks to ease regulations for reporting public workers to police in case of suspected crimes. Prosecutors or inspectors are entitled to ignore complaints if whistleblowers did not provide certain information in their tips, Cumhur Çilesiz, an Interior Ministry said adding that that the bill, if
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A total of 37 health workers, including doctors and nurses, were arrested late on Aug 15 in the southern province of Kahramanmaraş as part of an investigation into the coup attempt of July 15. According to the several local media outlets, counter-terrorism police rounded up health workers working at Sütçü İmam University’s Medical Faculty Hospital.
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A deputy governor along with two other district governors have been suspended over their alleged ties to the Gulen Movement in Turkey’s Malatya province, according to Turkish media. Turkish government accuses the Gülen Movement to be behind the July 15 bloody coup attempt that killed over 260 people. The movement denies any involvement.
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A Turkish court ruled to seize all properties of Turkey’s former national football player Hakan Şükür and those of his father, as part of an investigation into Turkey’s July 15 coup attempt, on Thursday. Properties belonging to Şükür family in Turkey is estimated to worth around TL 200 million in total, Turkish media said. Turkey
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