A total of 296 Turkish diplomats and 881 service passport holders have claimed asylum in Germany since the July 15, 2016 failed coup, according to Die Welt. The number of asylum-seeking Turkish diplomats and holders of the service passport –only given to senior public officials and their family members– who have sought protection in Germany has increased […]
Kurdish singer Hozan Cane was detained on her way back from pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party’s (HDP) election campaign in Edirne’s Enez district. The 47-year-old singer who has also German citizenship was stopped by police near downtown Edirne on Saturday. Media reported that she was detained on accusations of making terror propaganda with her social media
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An Istanbul court on Wednesday sent another Turkish journalist to prison on terror charges. Ece Sevim Öztürk, an İstanbul-based Turkish journalist known for her investigative reporting on a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016, was sent to prison after spending 13 days in police custody. She was reportedly jailed for “aiding the Gülen group,”
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The İstanbul 35th High Criminal Court on Thursday ruled to continue the pretrial detention of Amnesty International’s honorary Turkey chair, Taner Kılıç, at the fourth hearing of the trial of 11 human rights activists. Some of the activists, who were taken into police custody on July 5, 2017 during a meeting on Büyükada, one of İstanbul’s
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At least 511 German citizens were scammed out of 7 million euros in total, fearing investigations allegedly opened against them in Turkey. Media reported Tuesday that 11 people were detained on fraud charges in Turkey’s resort province of Antalya. The detainees are accused of swindling German citizens who were tricked to giving away thousands of
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A Turkish prosecutor has charged NBA star Enes Kanter’s father with “membership in a terror group,” seeking 15 years in jail for him. An indictment prepared by the public prosecutor’s office in Turkey’s Tekirdag province has been accepted by a penal court in the same city, pro-government Yeni Safak newspaper reported Monday. Kanter’s father, an
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Former police chief İsmail Ülker, 42, has died of colon cancer after he spent 23 months in pre-trial detention, media reported Sunday. Jailed over his alleged ties to the Gulen movement in July, 2016, Ulker was denied release from prison despite his successive requests. Having spent 23 months behind bars pending trial, he was taken
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A total of nine people including 4 children and 4 teachers were detained while they were reportedly on their way to escape to Greece. Dogan news agency reported Saturday that the group was rounded up in a restricted military zone near Evros river in Edirne, a small province along Turkey’s Greek border. The ID check by the gendarmerie revealed
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An recent indictment filed by a Turkish prosecutor seeks 22.5 years of jail time for 6 former football players, accused of ties to the Gulen movement. The Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office has charged former soccer players Bekir İrtegün, Uğur Boral, Zafer Biryol, Ersin Güreler, Ömer Çatkıç and İsmail Şengül of being a member of a
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A 92-year-old man, named Ali Sezer, reportedly passed away after he was hit by an armored police vehicle in the eastern province of Tunceli. Media reported Wednesday that an armored infantry military vehicle hit Sezer while he was crossing a street in the Ataturk neighborhood in downtown Tunceli. The man was taken to the emergency
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