Purge-victim disabled man gets 25 months in prison for depositing money in Bank Asya
Muhammed Koşar, a disabled public servant, has been given 25 months in prison for depositing money in the now-closed Islamic lender Bank Asya. Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu tweeted that Koşar was dismissed from his job after a coup...
Turkish academic investigated over book on PKK, denied professor emeritus status
A political scientist from Turkey’s Sakarya University has allegedly been investigated by Turkish authorities over a book he wrote on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in 2017. According to tweets posted by the academic himself, he was also denied professor...
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[VIDEO] Turkish couple detained after 2 years in hiding government’s post-coup crackdown
A Turkish couple, identified only with their initials R.Ö. and G.Ö., were detained after a 2-year-long hiding period. Ihlas news agency reported that arrest warrants were issued for the couple over their alleged links to the Gulen movement 2 years ago and that they...
Former Supreme Court judge sentenced to 9 years in jail in post-coup trial
A former top judge who was jailed as part of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s post-coup crackdown has been sentenced to 8 years and 9 months in prison. Former Supreme Court of Appeals member Halit Kivril was convicted of membership to the Gulen movement, a broadened...
546 suspected Gulenists detained while escaping Turkey to Greece in past 3 years: report
The number of people who were detained while trying to escape from Turkey to Greece in the face of a government crackdown against the suspected followers of the Gulen movement has reached to 546. Anadolu news agency reported that 546 suspected Gulenists were detained...
Turkish ambassador to Kyrgyzstan storms out of iftar dinner in protest of Gülenist attendees
Turkey’s ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Cengiz Kamil Fırat, stormed out of an iftar dinner organized last week by the grand mufti of Kyrgyzstan after he was let know that people affiliated with the Gülen movement in attendance. In video footage that was widely shared on...
Kırklareli man detained for insulting Erdogan on social media
A Kirklareli man, identified only with his initials T.B., was detained for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on social media. Media reported Tuesday that T.B. was detained at his home in Kirklareli’s Kavakli district due to social media posts he said to...
Turkish TV won’t broadcast Blazers Games due to Erdogan-critic Enes Kanter
Turkish basketball player Enes Kanter’s Portland Trail Blazers reached the NBA’s Western Conference finals, which start on Tuesday, but for the first time the series will not be widely televised in Turkey, where Kanter is accused of having terrorist links, Reuters...
Psychiatrist seeking cancer treatment abroad denied passport due to post-coup dismissal
Psychiatry professor Haluk Savaş said he was denied passport due to the fact that he had been dismissed as part of the Turkish government’s post-coup crackdown. Savaş was earlier held under arrest for months over his alleged links to the Gülen movement before he was...
Report: 27,000 Turkish nationals sought asylum in Germany since 2016
At total of 27,092 Turkish citizens sought asylum in Germany in the past three years, according to Deutsche Welle (DW). DW reported Monday that Germany has received a total of 27,092 asylum applications from Turkish nationals since 2016, a year that Turkey survived a...
46 former policemen detained in Ankara-based post-coup investigation
Detention warrants were issued for 64 former police officers who were dismissed from their jobs as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement. Media reported Monday that 46 of the suspects were detained during simultaneous police operations in Antalya, Çorum,...
German-Turkish journalist says Erdogan let him be tortured in Istanbul prison
For the first time since being released from Turkish custody, German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücelspoke about the torture he experienced while being held in pretrial detention at a prison near Istanbul. Testifying before a Berlin district court on Friday, Yücel spoke...
51 people being held all together in a 12-people cell in prison, newly-released teacher says
A total of 51 people are being kept in a cell in Diyarbakir prison that is meant for only 12 people, Ayşe Çelik, a Kurdish teacher who was released from prison yesterday, has revealed. Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that the imprisonment of Kurdish...
Lyon university academic arrested over terrorism charges in Turkey
Tuna Altınel, a mathematics professor at France’s Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University., was arrested on terrorism charges in Turkey’s Balikesir. Media reported May 11 that Altinel stopped by a police station in Balikesir, seeking to get information about a...
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[VIDEO] 14 detained over Gulen links in Turkey’s Samsun
At least 14 people were detained as part of a Samsun-based investigation into the suspected followers of the Gulen movement, media reported Friday. Detainees include former military school students and a dismissed public employee. [VIDEO] 14 detained over Gulen links...
2-year-old enters Mersin prison with mother arrested on coup charges: HDP deputy
Selma Betül Urunga, a 2-year-old kid, was sent to Mersin prison yesterday night where her mother has been held for over a week over her alleged links to Turkey’s Gulen group, which the Turkish gov’t accuses of masterminding a coup attempt in July 2016....
Turkish academic enters prison for signing 2016 peace petition
Füsun Üstel, a Turkish professor who signed a peace petition in 2016 to be incarcerated, turned herself in to prison authorities today to begin serving her sentence. Academics had gathered on Tuesday to bid farewell to Professor Üstel, whose 15-month prison sentence...
DW: Around 3,000 inmates are being kept in solitary confinement in Erdogan’s prisons
Thousands of prisoners are being held in solitary confinement in Turkey under conditions so harsh that some prisoners consider dying by suicide, Deutsche Welle reported Tuesday. There are no official figures on the number of prisoners in solitary confinement or how...