Report: 7 victims of Turkey’s post-coup purge reportedly abducted
Mysterious disappearances involving already-victimized opposition groups have become a common occurrence in Turkey in the aftermath of a July 15 coup attempt, with at least seven cases of alleged abduction reported so far. Those not seen for quite some time all have...
Polling observer suffers broken neck after opposing referendum irregularity
Ballot box official Melisa Yet has ended up with a fractured neck as she was attacked by whom she calls the ruling Justice and Development Party’s youth members during Apr 16 referendum. Yet argued during the vote counting that one of the Yes votes should be...
Third suspicious disappearance in a week: Teacher dismissed in post-coup crackdown not seen for 14 days
Cengiz Usta, a 44-year-old teacher who was dismissed from his post as part of the Turkish government’s post-coup purge of state-institutions, has been missing since Apr 4, joining two other education professionals who are claimed to have been abducted in the same...
Video reportedly shows gov’t supporters attacking naysayers after referendum
A video footage, claimed to be captured in Turkey’s western province of Izmir, reportedly shows that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) supporters physically attacked naysayers on the night of the crucial referendum on Apr 16. Citizens of Turkey cast...
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[VIDEO] Pro-gov’t mob attacks naysayer columnist while voting
Columnist Ali Bayramoğlu, a long time supporter of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who recently turned a critic, was attacked by Erdoğan supporters in a polling station in İstanbul on Sunday for voting ‘no’ Bayramoğlu who wrote for staunch pro-government daily Yeni...
No campaigners survive gunshot ahead of presidential referendum
A group of main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) members have been attacked with blank firing rounds when they were hanging a ‘No’ banner on a building in Istanbul’s Beykoz district. The firings came just minutes before a group of men, believed to be...
Post-coup prisoner says threatened with rape, beaten almost to death
In the latest of firsthand letters revealing re-emergence of torture in Turkish prisons, an Antalya arrestee reportedly said he was beaten so badly that he blacked out for some time while he was also threatened with rape. Detained after a regular police check on Jan...
Pro-gov’t mob attacks CHP campaign stand in Sakarya
A group of 15 to 20 people attacked a campaign stand of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in the Hendek district of Sakarya province on Friday, CNNTürk reported. According to the report, the group beat three members of the CHP youth branch who were...
Една жена од Ердоган бара да се конфискува соседниот стан
При посета на еден станбен комплекс во Истанбул, една жена го застана претскедателот Реџеп Тајип Ердоган и побара од него да ја искористи својата власт и да им ги одземе становите на неколку свои соседи кои веќе подолго врме се во притвор поради наводни врски со...
Turkish gov’t imam in Australia mobilizes worshippers to spy on Gulen movement
Salih Arslan, a member of the board of the Ankara-funded Süleymaniye mosque in the Australian city of Perth, was revealed to have incited worshippers to spy on followers of the Gülen movement and affiliated institutions, including schools. Arslan is heard asking...
Një grua kërkon nga presidenti turk Erdogan që t’i konfiskoj apartamentet e fqinjëve të saj
Një rezidente në kompleksin e shtëpive në Stamboll, të cilin presidenti turk Rexhep Tajip Erdogan e vizitoi, kërkoi nga ai që t'i urdhëroj autoritetet turke që të konfiskojnë banesat e personave që kanë jetuar në të njëjtën kompleks për lidhje të dyshuara të tyre me...
Woman asks Erdoğan to seize neighbors’ apartments
The resident of a housing complex in İstanbul to which President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently paid a visit asked him to direct authorities to seize the flats of people who had resided in the same complex due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, accused by...
Spying imams track down Erdoğan critics also in Romania: report
Turkey’s spying imams are proved to have been active also in Romania as an exclusive report has documented case-by-case profiling activities against perceived enemies of the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. “A memo from Turkey’s Counsellor for Religious Affairs in...
Ultra-nationalist mob attacks opposition deputy while campaigning for ‘no’ vote
Sinan Oğan, a politician who was previously expelled from the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), was attacked on Sunday in Yozgat province while campaigning to persuade people to vote “no” in a critical referendum on April 16 that will introduce an executive...
Knife attack during Women’s Day event at Turkey’s Bilgi University
A group of 30 people attacked a Women’s Day event at Bilgi University with witnesses reporting that some of the attackers were carrying knives on their hands. The group broke into the the university’s Santral Istanbul campus and headed to the tents established as part...
Post-coup purge victim says he may never be a father due to torture in prison
A person jailed over his alleged links to the failed coup in last July in Turkey said during a recent hearing in Kırıkkale that he may never be a father because of the torture in jail. According to a story in Torture in Turkey website, 48 people, who were imprisoned...
Woman who gave birth last night detained at hospital
Fadime Günay, a 32-year-old woman who gave birth at Alanya Başkent hospital last night, have been detained over alleged Gülen links, according to media Turkish media. Late on Sunday night, a group of police officers arrived in the hospital and demanded Günay’s...
Germany says Turkish imams spied on 11 institutions, 5 teachers, 23 others
In the wake of a recent admission by the German-based Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB), which said some of its imams had acted as informants against sympathizers of the Gülen movement, a German paper reported on Tuesday that spying allegations...