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12 people including academics detained over Gülen links

As part of a witch-hunt targeting the faith-based Gülen movement, which is accused by the government of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15,...

Hunger striker Gülmen says justice is dying on 113th day of hunger strike

Fired educator Nuriye Gülmen, who has been on a hunger strike for 113 days to protest her dismissal under state of emergency decree-laws, has...

30 detained in Hatay province over ByLock use

Thirty people, including dismissed policemen, military officers, clerks and Hatay Metropolitan Municipality staff, have been detained for their use of a smart phone application...

EU calls on Turkey to investigate recent abduction cases

The European Union on Thursday said it was closely following developments in Turkey including the abductions of people from the Hizmet movement, reminding Ankara...

12 academics suspended for signing peace declaration

Twelve academics working at Dokuz Eylül University in İzmir province have been suspended on charges of signing a peace declaration in 2016, the Evrensel...

Jagland calls for release of hunger strikers Gülmen and Özakça

Thorbjørn Jagland, the secretary-general of the Council of Europe, on Monday called for the release of Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, two fired Turkish...

Erdoğan calls for expanded witch hunt against Gülen followers

Having purged more than 150,000 people from state jobs and jailed over 50,000 due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, Turkish President...

Bodies of infants miscarried in prison never returned to family

The whereabouts of the bodies of two unborn infants remain unknown, eight months after a miscarriage suffered by Nurhayat Yıldız in prison last October,...

Court rejects requests for release of suspects, including Altan brothers and Ilıcak

An İstanbul court on Friday ruled for a continuation of the pretrial detention of media members including Ahmet Altan, Mehmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak,...

New mother detained over Gülen links despite doctor’s objection

Hatice Avan, who gave birth to a baby in the western Turkish province of Denizli on Thursday, was detained on Friday, despite her doctor's...

20 officers arrested over Gülen links in Konya-based coup probe

Twenty military officers were arrested on Friday as part of a Konya-based investigation targeting alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement in the military,...

Minister: 33,000 teachers dismissed over Gülen links since July 15

Turkish Education Minister İsmet Yılmaz said the government has dismissed about 33,000 teachers from their jobs since a failed coup attempt on July 15,...

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