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Turkey witch hunt targeting Gülen movement

6 detained over ByLock use in Kayseri

Turkish police on Tuesday detained six people in Kayseri on accusations that they use a smart phone application known as ByLock, the Birgün daily...

1 more detained in Adana for wearing ‘hero’ T-shirt

One man was taken into custody in Adana province on Monday as part of detentions in Turkey targeting people who wear T-shirts bearing the word...

448 detained in one week in witch-hunt targeting Gülen movement

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that a total of 448 people were detained in the past week as part of an ongoing...

Report: Prosecutor drops probe into teacher tortured to death by Turkish police

A public prosecutor in Turkey has decided to drop an investigation into the death of a teacher who was subjected to torture during detention...

İstanbul court rejects objection to arrest of human rights defenders

The İstanbul 11th Penal Court of Peace on Friday rejected an objection to the arrest of eight human rights defenders who were put in...

CSOs protest ECtHR’s refusal of Turkish hunger strikers’ release request

Civil society organizations (CSOs) including human rights defenders, lawyers and health organizations have protested a rejection by the European Court of Human Rights’s (ECtHR)...

Detention warrants issued for 59 at Industry Ministry over ByLock use

Detention warrants have been issued for 50 former and nine current Science, Industry and Technology Ministry staff members over the use of a smart...

RTÜK fines TV channel for showing Gülen linked book on shelf

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has fined the Kanal D television channel for airing footage that shows a book linked to the...

ECtHR rejects release request of jailed Turkish hunger strikers

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Wednesday rejected Turkish hunger striker educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça’s request to order the Turkish...

HRW to Turkey: Investigate abductions, disappearances in Ankara

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül in a letter to investigate the abductions and possibly enforced disappearances...

Yet another woman detained due to Gülen links shortly after delivery

Sultan Çetintaş, who gave birth on Monday to her third child in the Turkish province of İzmir, was detained on Tuesday over alleged links...

AKP deputy calls on Turkey’s religious officials to declare Gülen followers apostates

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) İstanbul deputy Metin Külünk has said Turkey’s top religious officials should declare supporters of the Gülen movement apostates,...

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