Turkish Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen’s niece, identified as B.G., was given 7.5 years of prison sentence on terror charges. State-run Anadolu news agency said Thursday that B.G., under pretrial detention since Nov 2016, was sentenced to 7 years plus 6 months in prison on charges of membership to a terror group. Underlining that she was […]
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Detention warrant was issued on Friday for Fatih Samed Kılıç, son of Haşim Kılıç, a former chief justice, as part of an investigation into the Gülen group, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Kılıç is accused of using a mobile application called Bylock. Turkish authorities believe ByLock is a communication tool among followers of the Gülen group,
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Kral FM radio host Ali Şentürk, known as “Afrikalı Ali,” called on security forces to kill anybody who criticizes Turkey’s operation in the Kurdish-controlled Afrin region of Syria, Cumhuriyet reported. “I am calling on the police. They should show no mercy. The government has already given them the authority. They [police] should leave mercy aside
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An Adana court sentenced the last president of the now-defunct Nizam Lawyers’ Association, identified as S.U., to 9 years in jail on terror charges. S.U., a lawyer who chaired the Adana-based Nizam Lawyers’ Association until it was closed in a post-coup emergency decree, appeared during his final hearing on Thursday. Under arrest for some time
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At least six people were detained while they were allegedly on their way to illegally cross into Greece. State-run Anadolu news agency said Tuesday that gendarmerie stopped a car near Umurca village in Edirne, Turkey’s border province with Greece. In the car were four former public servants who were dismissed from their jobs in the
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Haydar Ergul, an editor for the quarterly Demokratik Modernite magazine has been put in pretrial detention. Detained at Diyarbakir airport on Jan 16, Ergul was asked about the articles published at Demokratik Modernite, pro-Kurdish ETHA news agency said Tuesday. Ergul was jailed after he spent 5 days under police custody on charges of membership to
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The Ordu Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 16 military personnel of various ranks as part of an investigation into people claimed to have links to the Gülen group, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. According to the report, 12 of the 16 have been detained in operations in nine provinces.
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Turkish public prosecutor’s offices on Sunday issued detention warrants for at least 41 people on accusations of disseminating the propaganda of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in social media messages concerning a Turkish military operation in the Afrin region of Syria, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. According
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Sunday launched an investigation into pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Ayhan Bilgen and Nadir Yıldırım for tweets critical of Turkish military operations in the Kurdish-controlled Afrin region of Syria. According a Cumhuriyet report, Bilgen and Yıldırım are accused of “incitement of hatred and hostility” through their messages
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Ali Ulvi Oğur, a retired teacher, have been put in pre-trial detention by a Turkish court on accusations of disseminating the propaganda of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in social media messages concerning a Turkish military operation in the Afrin region of Syria. According to the Cumhuriyet daily,
