Persecution & Genocide

Following prisoners’ lawyer, US academic warns against staged prison break in Turkey

Just a day after the lawyer for several political prisoners urged the international community to monitor Turkish prisons amid rumors of prison breaks being staged in order to massacre prisoners, an American academic who correctly predicted a military coup in Turkey prior to July 15 gave a similar warning in a piece published on the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) website on Monday.

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‘My detention nothing compared to what dissidents face in Turkey’

French journalist Olivier Bertrand, who was deported by Turkey on Sunday after three days in detention, has said his time in custody was nothing compared to what dissidents face in Turkey.

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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on people to report sympathisers of Gülen

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on people to report sympathisers of GülenMovement to police, accusing the movement of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt.

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Mukhtar bans Gülen followers from neighborhood, sets up 24/7 informant hotline

Aladdin Demir, the mukhtar (head) of the Çukur neighborhood in Gaziantep, hung two banners on the side of his office stating that sympathizers of the Gülen movement are not allowed in the area and that people can call him to report any transgressor via a 7/24 hotline.

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