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Turkish academic gets 18 months in prison over ‘Gülen propaganda’

Turkish academic gets 18 months in prison over ‘Gülen propaganda’

by TurkeyPurge | Apr 19, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Koray Çalışkan, an associate professor who was put in house arrest on July 10 as part of an investigation into 20 university academics, has been sentenced to one year, six months and 22 days in prison for disseminating the propaganda of Gülen movement on social media....
Turkey bans broadcasting of 208 songs due to ‘objectionable lyrics’

Turkey bans broadcasting of 208 songs due to ‘objectionable lyrics’

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 1, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

The state-run Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) has banned the broadcasting of a total of 208 songs, 142 Turkish and 66 Kurdish, on its 14 TV stations for reasons that were not made clear to the public. According to the Hürriyet daily, Some of these songs...
72 academics from Boğaziçi, Medeniyet universities under custody

72 academics from Boğaziçi, Medeniyet universities under custody

by TurkeyPurge | Jul 10, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Turkish police teams on Monday detained 72 academics working at İstanbul’s Boğaziçi and Medeniyet universities over alleged links to the Gülen movement, the Doğan news agency has reported. According to the report, the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office is...

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