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22 detained in Turkey over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police on Wednesday detained 22 people including former military and police officers as part of two separate operations targeting alleged members of the...
[VIDEO] Pro-Erdoğan columnist: Gülen followers soon won’t be able walk freely in the US
Pro-government Yeni Şafak daily columnist Hikmet Genç, a staunch supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said on Thursday that followers of the faith-based...
Police detain 21 women whose husbands are jailed over Gülen links
Twenty-one women, including 10 with newborn infants and two over 70 years of age, were detained in Afyon's Dinar district as part an investigation...
28 doctors, nurses and midwives detained over alleged coup charges
A total of 28 health workers were detained as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding a...
Pro-Erdoğan cleric approves of government crackdown on Gülen movement
Hayrettin Karaman, a leading theologian and issuer of fatwas (religious edicts) for ruling Justice and Development Party circles and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
Report: Police briefly detain businessman for urging ‘no’ vote in referendum
Police briefly detained a shopkeeper in Bursa on Sunday after an "informant citizen" reported that he urged people to vote '"no" in a referendum...
Child of purged victim in Turkey says: I was 14 months old when my dad jailed
The child of a man who was arrested as part of a Turkish government crackdown on dissent following a failed coup last July said...
Court of appeals rules no countersuits against institutions seized, closed by gov’t
In a decision that will serve as a precedent for similar cases, Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals recently ruled against the dismissed employees of...
Gülen worries fake news could associate new terror attacks, assassinations in Turkey with him
US-based Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen said on Tuesday that fabricated stories in the pro-government media about new terror attacks and political assassinations in...
Pro-gov’t Ensar Foundation given another seized Gülen movement dormitory
A private dormitory in İstanbul’s Bahçelievler district that belonged to the Gülen movement until it was seized by the government has been transferred to...
Human rights groups demand İştar Gözaydın’s release
Turkish human rights organizations have condemned the arrest of Professor İştar Gözaydın on charges of alleged links to the Gülen movement and are demanding...
Female teacher with 36-day-old baby arrested over Gülen links in Turkey
In yet another example of disproportionate punishment imposed on people targeted in Turkey’s post-coup witch-hunt, an English-language teacher was put behind bars along with...