Turkish judge who upheld verdicts in 2014 match-fixing trial gets 12 years in prison
Mesut Kundakçı, a former judge at Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals who in 2014 upheld sentences given to the defendants in a match-fixing trial has been given 12 years in prison due to his alleged links to the Gülen movement. The Turkish government accuses the...
2,000 visually impaired people among those dismissed in Turkey’s post-coup purge: Amnesty Int’l
At least 2,000 visually-impaired people are among those who were dismissed from their jobs at public institutions, according to Amnesty International. Beril Eski, a press coordinator at Amnesty International Turkey, told journalist Caglar Dilara on Tuesday that the...
Kurdish mayor, dismissed by gov’t, gets 13.5 years in jail on terror charges
Zeynep Sipçik, former co-mayor of Mardin’s Dargeçit district, has been sentenced to 13 years in jail. Under arrest since March, 2016, Dipcik was convicted of membership to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), media reported Tuesday. Dipcik was the...
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[VIDEO] 8 detained over Gulen links during police raid on student apartment
Eight people were detained during a police raid on a student apartment in Turkey’s Kayseri, Anadolu news agency reported Wednesday. Detainees include university students as well as people wanted over their alleged ties to the Gulen movement, Anadolu said. Turkey...
Trabzon parent in pre-trial detention for months on coup charges, 4-year old with down syndrome left in care of grandmother
Bahar A. and Vahit A., two Turkish citizens and the parent of four children, have been held in pre-trial detention for months over alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a coup attempt in July 2016. According...
Detention warrants issued for 214 military officers, IT professionals over Gulen links
Detention warrants were issued for 214 people as part of two separate investigations on Tuesday, Anadolu news agency reported. An Ankara-based investigation implicated 129 military officers with suspected links to the Gulen movement along with 11 individuals who are...
Human rights lawyer Eren Keskin sentenced to 4 years on terror charges
The İstanbul 14th High Criminal Court on Tuesday handed down prison sentences to Eren Keskin, a leading Turkish human rights defender, and six former employees of the now-closed Özgür Gündem daily for disseminating terrorist propaganda, the Diken news website...
Former appeals judge sentenced to 10 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 10 years in prison. Former Supreme Court of Appeals member Mustafa Akarsu was convicted of membership to the Gulen movement, a broadened terror...
Turkish government seeks extradition of UK barrister on terror charges
Özcan Keleş, a Turkish origin British barrister, was briefly detained on Monday and is facing possible extradition to Turkey on terrorism charges due to his links to the Gülen movement, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup attempt...
Sakarya police detain wife, daughter of purge-victim computer science professor
Wife and daughter of Ahmet Turan Özcerit, a computer science professor who died of cancer in Feb. 2018 after spending some 13 months under arrest on coup charges, has been detained by police on similar charges. According to tweets posted by Özcerit’s son late on...
Turkish army detains tens of Kurds in Şanlıurfa province: report
At least 20 people have been detained by Turkish army in Halfeti village of Şanlıurfa province over their alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is classified as a terrorist organization by the EU, the US and Turkey. Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu,...
Report: Gov’t violated right to life in jailed English teacher’s death
Turkish government has violated the right to life in jailed English teacher Halime Gulsu’s death, a recent report by human rights group concluded. Gülsu, an English teacher who was arrested on Feb. 20, 2018 for her alleged links to the Turkey’s Gülen group, died on...
Newly-married local journalist jailed for insulting Erdogan on social media
A 47-year-old local journalist in Turkey’s Aydin province, Mustafa Yayla was arrested for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on social media, a charge that carries a sentence of between one and four years. Media reported Sunday that Yayla was indicted after...
7-month-old pregnant midwife, dismissed in post-coup crackdown, detained
A 7-months-old pregnant woman, identified as S.R.C., who was earlier removed from her job as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown against the opposition was detained during a police raid at her home. A member of the Trade Union of Employees in Public Health...
Detention warrants issued for 249 people over Gulen links
Detention warrants were issued for 249 people as part of an anti-Gulenist investigation into the Foreign Ministry, media reported Sunday. Ankara Public Prosecutor’s Office claims that 249 people who entered procurement exam by the ministry between 2010 and 2013...
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...