Fatih Altınay, owner of now-closed Merzifon Ottoman Kitchen Restaurant and famed Topuz Kebab, has reportedly been kept in an Amasya prison for almost 10 months over his alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. According to several local media outlets based in […]
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Twenty teachers were detained in an Adana-based investigation into the Gulen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, on Friday. The detainees are accused of using ByLock mobile application. Turkish prosecutors claim that Bylock is the top communication tool among the members of Gülen Movement, which the government accuses of
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At least eleven lawyers were detained as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown in the eastern province of Mardin on Friday. The detainees are accused of having used ByLock, a smartphone application that Turkish prosecutors claim to be the top communication tool among the Gülen movement followers. The government accuses the movement of masterminding the July
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Former Istanbul Police Chief Hüseyin Çapkın surrendered himself to police after a court issued arrest warrant against him as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement. Çapkın, who served as İstanbul chief of police between 2009 and 2013, was detained in the western province of İzmir on Aug. 31, 2016 as part of an investigation launched by the İstanbul Chief
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Mehmet Aybek, a member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) youth wing who shared a photo of an MP5 machine gun on Facebook, was briefly detained and then released on Thursday, the Cumhuriyet daily reported. According to the report, Aybek had posted a photo of an MP5 machine gun accompanied by a message saying
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A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and taken into custody. At least 1601 people were detained, with 895 of them put under arrest, in operations targeting Turkey’s Kurdish minority, and the Gülen group, which the Turkish government accuses of
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Turkish actor Barış Atay has been detained in Dalyan district of Muğla due to an outstanding warrant for his detention, Turkish media outlets reported early on Thursday. Atay, a leftist activist and actor, is known for his critical stance against the Turkish government and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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An indictment prepared by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office as a result of an investigation into Koza-İpek Holding seeks a jail sentence of 77 years for businessman Akın İpek due to his links to Turkey’s Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016.
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The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Thursday kicked off a “march of justice” from Turkey’s capital Ankara to İstanbul in protest of the arrest of CHP deputy Enis Berberoğlu on Wednesday. CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu arrived at Ankara’s Güven Park, where the party began the march, on Thursday with a banner in his
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A Turkish prosecutor issued detention warrants for a total of 101 teachers and principals on Thursday in İstanbul as part of an investigation into the alleged and real followers of Turkey’s Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup on July 15, 2016. According to the T24 news website,
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