An arrest warrant had been issued for Prof. Dr. Mustafa Cüneyt Hoşcoşkun, the former Ege University rector who dismissed 11 academics from the same university in post-coup purge that later hit himself too, state-run Anadolu agency reported on Monday. During his tenure from Aug 12, 2016 to late August, 2017, Hoşcoşkun blacklisted 11 academics and […]
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The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that police teams have detained a total of 451 people in past 7 days due to alleged links to the Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a botched coup attempt last summer. Turkey survived a military coup attempt on July 15, 2016 that
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An İstanbul court on Monday evening ruled for continuation of imprisonmenet of five Cumhuriyet daily journalists — Akın Atalay, Murat Sabuncu, Kadri Gürsel, Ahmet Şık and Kemal Aydoğdu. According to Turkish media, İstanbul 27th High Criminal Court ruled on Monday that the five Cumhuriyet journalists will remain in pretrial detention until the next hearing on Sept.
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An Ankara prosecutor issued detention warrats for a total of sixty-nine cadets attending the Turkish Military Academy over their alleged involvement in a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. Police have so far detained 50 of the cadets in several different Turkish provinces. The suspects are accused of arming their classmates in an effort to participate the
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Some of the police officers who allegedly guarded Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan against the putscihst soldiers on the night of a coup attempt on July 15, 2016, have been put in pre-trial detention on coup charges, the Sputnik English reported on Saturday. According to the report, speaking during a hearing of the trial of
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The secretary-general of Amnesty International, Salil Shetty, on Saturday visited the rights group’s Turkey director, İdil Eser, in an İstanbul prison and called for her immediate release along with that of seven other activists being held in pretrial detention for allegedly aiding a terror group. According an AP story on Saturday, Shetty said Eser was doing well
An investigation was launched into main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu immediately after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticized the deputy for saying that civilians were being killed in attacks by armed drones, the Cumhuriyet daily reported on Friday. According to the report, Tanrıkulu is accused of insulting the government of the
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The administration of Silivri Prison in İstanbul, a facility that holds mainly political prisoners, has set up CCTV cameras in the toilets and bathrooms of the women’s wards, a violation of the female inmates’ right to privacy, several Turkish media outlets reported on Thursday. According to the Sol news portal, several female inmates complained about
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Izmir-based Recep Can Kuruyemiş, a well-established local chain of dried nuts and fruits, has been seized in the government’s crackdown against the Gulen movement which is accused of masterminding the July 15, 2016 failed coup. Trustees were appointed to Recep Can Kuruyemiş and a sister company that produces herbal cosmetics, Hurriyet reported on Sept 1.
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Three people who were detained on Sunday at Turkey’s Ipsala border gate on the grounds that their passports were among thousands of others which the government revoked after last year’s coup attempt, were put in pre-trial detention by a Turkish court on Tuesday, the Cumhuriyet daily reported. According to the daily, the Turkish government earlier
