Eleven members of the Turkish Medical Association’s (TTB) central council were detained early on Tuesday for criticizing the Turkish military’s “Operation Olive Branch,” recently launched against the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in the Syrian district of Afrin. The detentions came several days after the TTB denounced the cross-border military operation into Syria, saying “No to […]
At least 21 people including Alparslan Kuytul, president of the Furkan Foundation and leader of a religious group critical of the Turkish government, were detained by a group of anti-terror police, several Turkish media outlets reported. Kuytul and other detainees are reportedly accused of “disturbing public order” and “establishing a criminal organization.” Units from the police’s
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The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 623 people have been detained in one week due to alleged links to the Gülen group, bringing the number of people taken into custody in January to 2,426. The group is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. A total
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A total of 311 people were detained over their social media posts critical of Turkey’s Afrin operations in the past week, according to official data. The Interior Ministry said in a statement on Jan 29 that 311 people were detained for “terror propaganda in their social media postings on Afrin operation” in past week. On Jan
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At least 13 teachers were detained as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement in Turkey’s southern province of Samsun, media said Friday. Police carried out operations in several locations in the Black Sea province of Samsun and detained all the suspects. 12 of the 13 teachers were earlier dismissed from their jobs over alleged affiliation
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The theater performance about a fictional dictator by outspoken actor Baris Atay was banned in Kocaeli’s central district of Izmit, the latest of such attempts against the critical monologue. “Just a Dictator” is a monologue performed by Atay about the head of an unspecified country and his rise to power amid angry yet little to
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Deniz Naki, a German football player with Kurdish roots will not return to his Turkey-based team, Amedspor over security concerns, Der Spiegel said Saturday. Naki wants to dissolve his contract with Amedspor and stay in Germany, 28-year-old’s lawyer Stephan Kuhn told the German magazine. The lawyer reportedly underlined security concerns for the decision. Naki’s car
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Jailed police officers Yurt Atayün and Ömer Köse were put in solitary confinement, according to their lawyer Ömer Turanlı. In a series of tweets on Jan 24, Turanli said Atayün and Köse were taken from Istanbul’s Silivri prison to Edirne and Tekirdag prisons, respectively where both were put in solitary confinement. Turanli said his clients have
Four people were detained after they stood out against a government-employed, local imam who had asked worshippers to pray for Turkey’s offensive in the Syrian city of Afrin during a Friday sermon. Media reported that a group of worshippers left the Friday prayer at Feqıyê Teyran mosque in Diyarbakir’s Kayapinar district when the imam praised the
An Ankara woman, identified as M.A., was detained after being reported to police for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a conversation with her friend on the bus. Cumhuriyet daily newspaper said Friday that M.A. was reported to police by another commuter who had overheard M.A.’s conversation in which she was discussing the 2013
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