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Turkish academic seeks to enter university as student after post-coup dismissal

A former research assistant at Ankara University’s faculty of law, Cenk Yiğiter, found a way to get around a post-coup witch hunt, as he...

Detention warrants issued for 90 military members over Gülen links

The Tekirdağ Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 90 soldiers of various ranks as part of a witch-hunt targeting people claimed to have...

40 police officers sent to jail over alleged coup involvement in İstanbul

An İstanbul court on Thursday ruled for the arrest of 40 police officers over alleged involvement in a failed coup last July, the Cumhuriyet...

Romanian police seize passport upon Turkey’s demand

Romanian police on March 25 seized the passport of Soner Cesur, a Turkish businessman with investments in Romania upon a demand made by the...

CHP report: 4,811 academics dismissed from 112 Turkish universities by gov’t decrees

As the Turkish government continues a purge to cleanse Turkish universities of critics, 4,811 academics have been dismissed from 112 universities across the country...

1,143 public servants purged in small province of Isparta

The governor’s office in the small province of Isparta announced on Thursday that a total of 1,143 people have been dismissed from public service...

17 police officers arrested, 60 more wanted over Gülen links

As part of Turkey’s ongoing purge against the real and perceived sympathizers of the Gülen movement, arrests warrants were issued for 60 previously dismissed...

[UPDATE] 44 at defense contractor ASELSAN arrested over Gülen links

Forty-four of 84 detained employees at Turkey's largest defense electronics company ASELSAN were arrested in Ankara on Thursday over Gülen movement links and involvement...

CHP deputy: Thousands of innocent people are in jails in Turkey

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Nurettin Demir said on Monday that the policies of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) during...

Detention warrants issued for 23 purged judges, prosecutors

Detention warrants were issued for 23 dismissed judges and prosecutors in İzmir as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement and a failed coup...

Septuagenarian remains in solitary confinement for months over coup charges

A seventy-year-old man from western Turkey, Ahmet Akdoğan, has been held in solitary confinement for seven months over alleged links to the Gülen movement,...

Engineer who drowned while fleeing Turkey was tortured in custody

Computer engineer Murat Zümre, who drowned in the Maritsa River while trying to flee to Greece, was tortured while he was in detention, a...

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