Greece : #Golden_Dawn not willing to fade
Despite the arrest of its leadership, on trial for the murder of rapper Pavlos Fyssas, the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn movement continues to have support in the impoverished Greek society
Azerbaijan: autocracy, before and after the #referendum
The referendum held on September 26 in Azerbaijan confirmed the adoption of 29 constitutional amendments, strengthening the power of the ruling elite
▻http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Azerbaijan/Azerbaijan-autocracy-before-and-after-the-referendum-174557
#Azerbaïdjan
#Kelebija, area di transito
Ai confini tra Serbia e Ungheria la situazione è drammatica. Migliaia di persone sono ammassate in accampamenti improvvisati in attesa di passare il confine verso l’UE. Reportage
Loro sono gli invisibili
Subotica, Serbia del Nord — Loro sono gli “invisibili”. In un luogo tenuto segreto lungo la linea ferroviaria a Subotica, a qualche kilometro dalla frontiera ungherese, si raggruppano tutti i giorni verso l’una del pomeriggio per la distribuzione di cibo. Ricevono un sacco con i viveri: patate, carote, cipolle… e un pò d’acqua potabile. Poi tornano al proprio cantuccio, sono tende installate tra l’erba alta, in qualche parte nella jungle. Secondo i testimoni sarebbero 200 o 400. Afghani, pakistani, algerini, marocchini… sopravvivono arraggiandosi in accampamenti selvaggi disseminati in giro, nella precarietà più totale, con temperature inferiori allo zero.
#Rapport : La situation des migrants et des réfugiés en #Serbie et dans les zones de transit de #Hongrie
« Des milliers de migrants et de réfugiés ayant emprunté l’itinéraire de migration des Balkans occidentaux en 2015 et 2016 sont maintenant bloqués en Serbie dans une situation juridique précaire », déclare l’ambassadeur Tomáš Boček, Représentant spécial du Secrétaire Général sur les migrations et les réfugiés, dans un rapport publié aujourd’hui. Si la Serbie a adopté une approche véritablement humanitaire, accueillant des milliers de réfugiés et de migrants, une stratégie allant au-delà du simple octroi d’une aide humanitaire est maintenant nécessaire pour traiter les problèmes liés à leur statut juridique et trouver des solutions durables pour garantir leurs droits économiques et sociaux en cas de prolongation de leur séjour dans le pays.
▻https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/full-news/-/asset_publisher/VN6cYYbQB4QE/content/report-the-situation-of-migrants-and-refugees-in-serbia-and-transit-zones-in-hu
Lien vers le rapport :
▻https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectId=090000168075e96e
Fleeing Romanians: The Story of Those Who Made It Over the Border
Twenty-seven years ago, Western Europe welcomed European brethren escaping from Eastern European regimes, relegated to living in oppressive communist regimes
Contre les migrants, la #Hongrie matraque à plein
▻https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/020916/contre-les-migrants-la-hongrie-matraque-plein
Affiches, spots publicitaires à la radio et à la télévision… Tandis que la campagne référendaire bat son plein, pour ou contre la « relocalisation » des migrants en vertu de l’accord européen, des centaines de #réfugiés espèrent un jour pouvoir passer les murs de barbelés érigés par Budapest à la frontière entre la #Serbie et la Hongrie. À leurs risques et périls.
Hongrie. Les #affiches anti-immigration d’Orbán : un “lavage de cerveau”
“Lavage de cerveau”, titre en une l’hebdo hongrois anti-Orbán HVG, dénonçant l’omniprésence des affiches anti-immigration qui ont fleuri dans le cadre de la #campagne pour le référendum du 2 octobre qui porte sur le plan européen de relocalisation des réfugiés. Sur la couverture : le visage terrorisé d’un homme, lunettes 3D sur le nez, semblant visualiser l’éventualité que Bruxelles oblige Budapest à accueillir un nombre de migrants équivalent à la taille d’une ville.
Hungarian NGOs protest against upcoming xenophobic #referendum
On 2 October, Hungarian citizens will vote in a referendum on the following question: “Do you want the EU to prescribe the mandatory settlement of non-Hungarian citizens to Hungary without the approval of the National Assembly?” The government has spent over 10 million euros of public money on a xenophobic campaign to divert public opinion offering scare-mongering and distorted facts about immigration and refugees.
▻http://www.ecre.org/hungarian-ngos-protest-against-upcoming-xenophobic-referendum
Hongrie. Référendum sur les réfugiés : “La haine injectée dans nos âmes”
Selon les sondages, les électeurs hongrois vont voter massivement contre le plan européen de répartition des réfugiés dans les pays de l’UE lors du référendum du 2 octobre. La presse magyare est très divisée, entre les “nonistes” anti-immigration et ceux qui prônent l’abstentionnisme, sachant que le résultat semble ne faire aucun doute.
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/revue-de-presse/hongrie-referendum-sur-les-refugies-la-haine-injectee-dans-no
Government steps up its “no” campaign
On 2 October, Hungary will vote on a EU refugee distribution scheme. The government, who is calling on the population to reject the Commission’s proposal, recently stepped up a taxpayer-funded campaign many say is xenophobic and fear-mongering
Hongrie. Les migrants, non merci
Un imposant “non”. Telle est la réponse lapidaire du très droitier quotidien Magyar Hírlap au référendum sur les quotas de migrants organisé ce 2 octobre en Hongrie. Dans son édition de ce week-end, le journal reprend la question polémique soumise par le Premier ministre conservateur Viktor Orbán aux 8,3 millions d’électeurs appelés aux urnes et diffuse une affiche gouvernementale incitant les lecteurs à ne pas “risquer le futur de la Hongrie”.
Le résultat du référendum anti-migrant n’est qu’un demi-échec pour Orbán
▻https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/031016/le-resultat-du-referendum-anti-migrant-n-est-qu-un-demi-echec-pour-orban
Le seuil de 50 % de participation n’a pas été atteint lors du référendum de ce dimanche 2 octobre en Hongrie. Les électeurs étaient sommés de se prononcer contre la politique européenne de quotas de répartition des réfugiés. En réalité, cela fait longtemps que le premier ministre hongrois a gagné cette bataille à Bruxelles.
Quand l’Europe s’ouvrait aux Hongrois
▻https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/2015/10/01/leurope-souvrait-aux-hongrois
En 1956, près de 200 000 Hongrois fuient la répression. Les pays occidentaux se coordonnent pour accueillir cet afflux soudain de migrants. La dureté de la Hongrie de Victor Orban à l’égard des migrants contraste avec cet épisode de l’histoire, et choque certains Hongrois de Suisse
Hongrie : la dérision politique devient une arme anti-Orbán
▻https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/280916/hongrie-la-derision-politique-devient-une-arme-anti-orban?onglet=full
« Le saviez-vous ? Un Hongrois moyen a vu plus de soucoupes volantes dans sa vie que de réfugiés. »
Budapest, 3/10/2016
Tutti vincitori? Il referendum ungherese sulle quote. Ieri sera i salotti budapestini somigliavano molto alle maratone televisive post-elettorali della Prima Repubblica italiana. Quelle in cui i partiti scambiavano un impercettibile guadagno per una «grande avanzata» e mascheravano il tracollo dietro l’anodina formula della «sostanziale tenuta». Chi ha vinto e chi ha perso, dunque? Al netto dei sofismi della comunicazione governativa («a questo referendum ha votato più gente che a quello sull’Unione europea nel 2003»), dal referendum ungherese sulle quote obbligatorie emergono alcuni dati chiari in chiave interna ma anche europea.
▻http://www.rivistailmulino.it/news/newsitem/index/Item/News:NEWS_ITEM:3511
Hongrie : la demi-victoire de Viktor Orban
Avec Catherine Horel, historienne spécialiste de l’Europe centrale et directrice de recherche au CNRS.
▻http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20161003-hongrie-demi-victoire-viktor-orban
Ungheria: mancato il quorum sul referendum sulle quote UE di redistribuzione dei richiedenti asilo. Quali conseguenze? Bruxelles o Budapest?
Il referendum relativo al piano UE di reinsediamento dei migranti si è tenuto domenica 2 ottobre in Ungheria. Il referendum proposto dal governo è stato comunemente chiamato come “kvótanépszavazás” o “kvótareferendum” (referendum delle quote) dai media ungheresi.
▻http://www.meltingpot.org/Ungheria-mancato-il-quorum-sul-referendum-sulle-quote-UE-di.html
L’#Abkhazie, la Riviera du Caucase
▻http://www.lemonde.fr/m-actu/article/2016/08/03/l-abkhazie-la-riviera-du-caucase_4977793_4497186.html
Dans la cour du sanatorium Amra, « soleil » en abkhaze, Galina et Alexandra savourent l’air doux de la mer et des montagnes alentour, à l’ombre des palmiers et des sapins. « Saviez-vous que l’Abkhazie était le pays de l’âme ?, demande la première, vêtue d’une robe ample à fleurs, on la ressent partout, où que vous alliez. » Une phrase qu’ici, dans ce petit morceau de terre de 215 kilomètres de côtes le long de la mer Noire, au nord-ouest de la Géorgie, habitants et touristes ne se lassent pas de répéter.
#Soukhoumi
#soviétisme (ça faisait longtemps, tiens…)
#paywall (mais c’est pas grave, on trouve plein de trucs sympas)
Amra Pier, Sukhumi, Abkhazia – Soviet Modernism
▻https://sovietmodernism.wordpress.com/2015/12/29/amra-pier-sukhumi-abkhazia
p. ex. avec une jolie galerie…
Sukhumi - Giorgio Comai / Galleries / Media - Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso (4/05/2010)
▻http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/layout/set/print/Media/Galleries/Sukhumi-Giorgio-Comai
A slow process of reconstruction has started in Sukhumi, Abkhazia’s main city and a well-known Black Sea tourist destination. But despite the city’s tourist credentials, some historic buildings have been left abandoned and unguarded. The structures include buildings that once belonged to the Soviet Georgian administration in Abkhazia, as well as private homes that belonged to Georgians before the war of the early 1990s. A look at both the Sukhumi where time has stopped, and the renewed Sukhumi
http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/var/obc/storage/images/media/gallerie/sukhumi-giorgio-comai/sede-dell-amministrazione-abkhaza-durante-l-urss/395656-1-ita-IT/Sede-dell-amministrazione-abkhaza-durante-l-Urss.jpg 
http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/var/obc/storage/images/media/gallerie/sukhumi-giorgio-comai/l-hotel-abkhazia-siutato-sul-lungomare-di-sukhumi-e-in-ricostruzione/395760-1-ita-IT/L-Hotel-Abkhazia-siutato-sul-lungomare-di-Sukhumi-e-in-ricostruzione.jpg 
http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/var/obc/storage/images/media/gallerie/sukhumi-giorgio-comai/sede-dell-amministrazione-abkhaza-durante-l-urss6/395691-1-ita-IT/Sede-dell-amministrazione-abkhaza-durante-l-Urss.jpg
Frozen conflicts of the post-Soviet world – in pictures | World news | The Guardian (24/08/15)
►https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2015/aug/24/soviet-gianluca-pardelli-in-pictures
#brutal_architecture #brutalisme et #merci @simplicissimus oui ça faisait longtemps, mais je crois que je vais bientôt rendre public mes archives perso, et là on parle de milliers de clichés... j’ai juste besoin de temps et un peu d’aide de codeurs fous cc @fil et équivalent :)
Un maire se félicite de la chasse aux migrants
En Hongrie, Laszlo Toroczkai est fier des milices privées arrêtant les réfugiés qui traversent sa commune pour rejoindre l’ouest de l’Europe.
*Pig-head propaganda: Hungary’s war on refugees*
“What crime did we commit for 40 police officers to surround us? It’s like they think we are terrorists or criminals,” 48-year old Khatoon, a Yazidi woman from Iraq who had several family members who were murdered or taken hostage by the jihadist group Isis, told me.
▻https://euobserver.com/opinion/134762
#porc #cochon #islamophobie
En #Bulgarie, cette milice secrète à l’accent russe qui #traque les migrants
La région à cheval entre la Bulgarie et la Turquie est une pièce maîtresse dans le dispositif de sécurité européen. C’est aussi ici qu’opèrent ces milices de volontaires qui font la chasse aux migrants. Reportage au sein de la plus importante – et la plus secrète – d’entre elles.
Il a fallu montrer patte blanche, argumenter, négocier chaque détail. L’#Union_Vassil_Levski - #BNO_Shipka, organisation paramilitaire et patriotique, n’aime pas les curieux. « Nous sommes les seuls et véritables gardiens de la frontière de l’Europe face à la menace islamiste », nous avait annoncé #Vladimir_Roussev à Varna, principale ville au nord de la mer Noire, où se trouve son QG. Plus connu sous le nom de guerre de « Walter », ce petit homme râblé à la moustache fournie, dirige d’une main de fer l’organisation regroupant essentiellement d’anciens officiers des forces de sécurité du pays et qui affiche, selon lui, pas moins de 800 membres. Lui-même ex-colonel de l’armée de terre, Vladimir a du mal à se défaire du jargon militaire lorsqu’il nous expose ses activités : il y est question de « front » et de « base arrière », de « logistique » et de « chaîne de commandement ». Nous comprenons que la véritable action ne se passe pas à Varna, mais beaucoup plus au sud.
« #Patrouilleurs volontaires »
Cap donc sur Bourgas à l’autre bout de la côte, où après plusieurs jours d’attente nous allons enfin recevoir le feu vert de « Walter » pour rejoindre ses miliciens déployés à la frontière turque. Les instructions arrivent la veille, codées : il y est question d’une « randonnée dans la nature ». Le rendez-vous est fixé à Marinka, petit village à la lisière de la Strandja, cette montagne sauvage à cheval entre la Bulgarie et la Turquie. De nouveau l’attente, puis le doute.
Ces redoutables « patrouilleurs volontaires » qui inondent la Toile de leurs exploits, existent-ils vraiment ? C’est alors que deux voitures, comme sorties de nulle part, nous prennent en sandwich. Un grand gaillard aux cheveux retenus par un catogan en surgit pour nous inviter à les suivre. Nous prenons la direction de Malko Tarnovo, le principal poste-frontière de la région, avant de bifurquer vers la mer, direction le village de Iasna Poliana, nommé d’après la dernière résidence du grand classique russe Tolstoï.
Le hameau, situé à quelque 30 km de la frontière, est connu pour servir de halte, ou de point de rassemblement, des migrants – ou du moins ceux qui ont réussi à échapper aux checkpoints mis en place par la police. La toponymie du lieu, renvoyant à l’auteur de Guerre et Paix, vient s’ajouter à un autre élément troublant : l’homme qui nous a adressé la parole avait indiscutablement l’accent russe, un accent reconnaissable parmi mille dans ce pays connu pour avoir été le plus fidèle allié de l’Union soviétique.
Equipement militaire
Nous quittons la route goudronnée pour nous engager sur une piste qui nous mène encore plus à l’intérieur des terres. Devant une cabane utilisée par les chasseurs, les deux véhicules déversent une demi-douzaine de jeunes avant de repartir. En quelques minutes, ces derniers tronquent leur jean, t-shirt et baskets contre un équipement militaire complet : treillis, bottes, gourde, sac à dos, radio. A cela s’ajoutent de longs couteaux accrochés à leur ceinture, une bombe lacrymogène et un pistolet à air comprimé. Et des cagoules, noires, qu’ils vont enfiler « pour des raisons de sécurité ».
« Nous ne portons rien d’illégal », précise l’homme à l’accent russe qui est à la fois leur instructeur et leur chef de groupe. Il nous présente les membres de la patrouille par leur nom de code : « Boxeur », « Coq », « Glissière de sécurité », « Ingénieur » et « Astika » (une marque de bière locale) pour la seule femme du groupe. Lui, c’est « Chamane ». Après avoir fait une série de pompes, les membres de la patrouille sont désormais prêts. Ils sont invités à ne pas se montrer « agressifs » envers les migrants mais sont autorisés à « agir selon les circonstances ». « Nous sommes en opération. Ceci n’est pas un entraînement », rappelle « Chamane ».
« Devenir quasi invisible »
Les cinq jeunes s’enfoncent dans la forêt, guidés par leur commandant. Ils longent des sentiers, grimpent des collines, enjambent des ravins sans quitter des yeux la forêt : des canettes de Red Bull, des boîtes de cigarettes, des conserves, des bouteilles d’eau ou encore un vêtement abandonné sont des indices qu’ils sont sur la bonne piste. Au passage, « Chamane » leur enseigne comment placer un poste d’observation, traverser à découvert, ramper et se fondre dans la nature. « Le but c’est de voir l’autre avant d’être vu. Devenir quasi invisible, pour avoir l’avantage sur l’ennemi », explique-t-il.
Vu l’absence de migrants à cette heure de la journée, le groupe va se faire la main sur des bergers, avant d’approcher au plus près une étable, toujours en « mode furtif ». Régulièrement, « Chamane » immobilise le groupe avant d’envoyer l’un de ses membres inspecter les environs pendant que les autres font le guet. « Je leur enseigne les techniques de base des Spetsnaz, les forces spéciales russes, en milieu hostile : renseignement, diversion, dissimulation », reconnaît-il.
En fait, dans cette patrouille tout est russe : la terminologie, les techniques utilisées et même les cartes – issues de l’état-major soviétique – parce que « celles de l’OTAN sont nulles », s’amuse le mystérieux commandant. Et lui, qui est-il ? D’une prudence de Sioux, le Russe livre très peu de détails sur lui-même : on comprendra qu’il est un vétéran du Caucase du Nord, qu’il a fait la deuxième guerre de Tchétchénie (1999-2000) et qu’il est bien officier, diplômé d’une école militaire. Il explique sa présence ici par ses origines bessarabes, cette ancienne région aujourd’hui partagée entre l’Ukraine et la Moldavie, foyer de nombreux bulgares ethniques qui ont bénéficié d’un « droit au retour » dans leur patrie historique. « La Russie n’a rien à voir dans cette histoire, pour le meilleur comme pour le pire d’ailleurs », tient-il à préciser. « C’est à nous, ici, de faire le boulot. Pratiquement à mains nues. »
« Effet de surprise »
On l’aura compris, pour « Chamane » et ses camarades l’ennemi ce sont bien les migrants. « Il s’agit à 90% des combattants étrangers, avec une hiérarchie et de réflexes de guerriers », croient-ils savoir en soulignant qu’ils ne croisent ici, dans cette région présentée comme une bifurcation de la fameuse « route balkanique », que des groupes de jeunes Afghans. Tous des hommes, avec dans leur sillage des Pakistanais, des Irakiens et, parfois, des Iraniens. Ils affirment en appréhender plusieurs par semaine, qu’ils remettent aux gardes-frontières. « On évalue d’abord la taille, puis la dangerosité du groupe avant de surgir du bois. Le plus souvent l’effet de surprise est tel que les intrus se laissent faire », poursuit « Chamane ».
« Nous ne sommes pas des chasseurs de migrants, mais des citoyens responsables ! », met en garde depuis Varna Vladimir Roussev. A Sofia, plusieurs voix se sont élevées contre les activités de son organisation, certains demandant au contre-espionnage bulgare d’enquêter sur la présence de ces instructeurs russes qu’ils ont comparé aux « petits hommes verts » de Vladimir Poutine, les commandos sans signes distinctifs envoyés en Ukraine. En juin dernier, le Comité Helsinki pour la défense des droits de l’homme a demandé au Parquet d’interdire les activités de l’organisation paramilitaire, jugées anticonstitutionnelles et dangereuses. « Ces idiots ne savent pas qu’ils sont, eux aussi, sur la liste des hommes à abattre des combattants de Daech [Etat islamique]. Juste après les notables juifs », dit encore « Walter » en insistant lourdement sur le dernier point. Là aussi, on l’aura compris.
▻https://www.letemps.ch/monde/bulgarie-cette-milice-secrete-laccent-russe-traque-migrants
#Bulgarie #milices #asile #migrations #réfugiés #anti-réfugiés #xénophobie #racisme
"Cacciatori di migranti" in Bulgaria, stasera il reportage del TG1 insieme all’Osservatorio
Ai confini esterni dell’Unione europea, alla frontiera tra Bulgaria e Turchia, gruppi di autoproclamanti “difensori dell’Europa” pattugliano i boschi alla ricerca di migranti che tentano di entrare nel paese, per poi proseguire lungo la “rotta balcanica” verso i paesi ricchi dell’UE.
▻http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/aree/Bulgaria/Cacciatori-di-migranti-in-Bulgaria-stasera-il-reportage-del-TG1-insi
Bulgaria, ronde anti-immigranti sul confine con la Turchia
Difendere Bulgaria ed UE dall’“invasione” dei migranti: in Bulgaria vari gruppi di auto-proclamati “patrioti” pattugliano il confine con la Turchia e il governo lascia fare
▻http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/Media/Multimedia/Bulgaria-ronde-anti-immigranti-sul-confine-con-la-Turchia
Existe aussi en anglais :
▻http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Media/Multimedia/Bulgaria-anti-immigrant-patrols-at-the-border-with-Turkey
Bulgarie : #Petar_Nizamov, le « chasseur de réfugiés », a été acquitté
Petar Nizamov, l’un des chefs des « milices anti-migrants », était assigné à résidence depuis la diffusion en avril 2016 d’une vidéo où on le voyait arrêter manu militari trois Afghans. La justice bulgare vient de le blanchir de toutes les accusations qui portaient contre lui.
Bulgarian Vigilantes Patrol Turkey Border to Keep Migrants Out
Figures in camouflage and ski masks gather at a fishing lodge. Many are armed with long knives, bayonets and hatchets.
The 35 men and women are on the hunt in Strandzha Massif, a forested mountain range on Bulgaria’s border with Turkey. Migrants trying to cross into Europe are their prey.
▻http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/europes-border-crisis/bulgarian-vigilantes-patrol-turkey-border-keep-migrants-out-n723481
Ceux qui disent « halte » aux migrants
La frontière turco-bulgare, aux marches de l’Europe, est la nouvelle route utilisée par les passeurs de migrants. En Bulgarie, pour stopper cet afflux de clandestins, une unité de volontaires, encadrée par des vétérans de l’armée, s’organise pour faire le travail de la police.
Sofia est dépassé par l’ardeur des « chasseurs de migrants »
Après avoir encouragé à demi-mot l’aide fournie par des volontaires à la frontière turque, les autorités bulgares semblent vouloir sévir contre ces initiatives qui risquent de dégénérer
▻https://www.letemps.ch/monde/2016/04/14/sofia-depasse-ardeur-chasseurs-migrants
Des migrants ligotés et arrêtés par des habitants
Des civils ont arrêté des réfugiés dans une forêt à la frontière bulgaro-turque. Une action « illégale » rappellent les autorités.
▻http://www.lematin.ch/monde/Des-migrants-ligotes-et-arretes-par-des-habitants-/story/25672749
Bulgaria tries to restrain its vigilante “migrant hunters”
Rights groups demand that Bulgaria’s government bring illegal border-policing groups under control
Dutch #Pegida leader and expelled German deputy hunt migrants on Bulgaria border
The former frontwoman of Germany’s Pegida anti-Muslim movement and a leader of its Dutch offshoot have travelled to Bulgaria to hunt down migrants attempting to cross the border from Turkey, it has emerged.
Human rights experts: Unchecked atmosphere of anti-migrant discourse results in abuses
They call them “migrant hunters” or “citizen protection” organizations. They are volunteers, whose self-appointed job is to patrol Bulgaria’s border with Turkey, seeking out people trying to cross. - See more at: ►http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/MigrationXenophobiaRacisminBulgaria.aspx?platform=hootsuite#sthash.8B8AouOl.d
►http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/MigrationXenophobiaRacisminBulgaria.aspx?platform=hootsuite
#hongrie #asile #migrations #réfugiés #xénophobie
Al confine bulgaro-turco parte la caccia al migrante: “Qui non entra nessuno”
Gruppi autorganizzati si muovono nei boschi. Le tv li seguono e li esaltano come eroi
Bulgarian Vigilantes Patrol Turkey Border to Keep Migrants Out
Figures in camouflage and ski masks gather at a fishing lodge. Many are armed with long knives, bayonets and hatchets.
The 35 men and women are on the hunt in Strandzha Massif, a forested mountain range on Bulgaria’s border with Turkey. Migrants trying to cross into Europe are their prey.
Patches on their irregular uniforms — a coat of arms bearing a snarling wolf’s head framed by Cyrillic text — proclaim them to be members of the Bulgarian National Movement Shipka, abbreviated in Bulgarian as “BNO Shipka.”
Members of the paramilitary organization form into ranks as their leader, Vladimir Rusev, speaks. A former colonel who says he fought in Chechnya as a volunteer alongside Russians, Rusev declares his support for a man they admire: President Donald Trump.
“The CIA is trying to undermine Trump,” said Rusev, a compact 58-year-old with a neat mustache and short-cropped hair. “They want to destroy him. We offer our support to him.”
Trump’s hard-line stance on immigration and vocal criticism of Islam finds an appreciative audience here.
Most BNO Shipka members are friendly, courteous and open. The organization’s website projects a different message: slick videos replete with firearms and military training, and declarations that Europe must be defended against Islam.
Rusev claims they have as many as 50,000 members, although NBC News was unable to verify this number.
“I’m not nationalistic or anything like that. I’m just a patriot,” said Nikolai Ivanov, a 34-year-old who was one of the group’s founding members in 2014.
“Many of these immigrants are not just some guys who are trying to run away from war. They are from age 17 to 35, with good physiques and training,” Ivanov added. “It’s not a problem that they are Muslims. The problem is it’s a different civilization. They don’t think like us, they have a totally different view about life, about everything.”
While the group has been criticized by human rights advocates, it isn’t hard to find people who agree with Ivanov’s views in Bulgaria. The head of the country’s border police praised a nationalist volunteer group for intercepting migrants in April.
Rust Belt of the Balkans
Bulgaria occupies a place at the seams. Looking east, this Eastern Orthodox crossroads shares a traditional alliance with Russia. To the south is Turkey, once home to a Muslim empire that for centuries dominated the region. The European Union, with liberal values and a promise of wealth, lies to the west.
Since the end of the Cold War, Bulgaria has firmly embraced the West — joining NATO in 2004 and the EU in 2007. But the rapid rise in living standards for its seven million citizens stalled during the financial crisis of 2007-2008. Now, average annual income remains the lowest in the EU, even when measured by purchasing power.
In the Soviet era, heavy industry and chemical production dominated the economy. Now, abandoned factories litter a landscape replete with decaying smokestacks and depopulated villages.
On top of this, Bulgaria has become a major overland route as Europe grapples with a migration crisis due to its borders with Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia and Romania.
According to Eurostat, 20,165 people applied for asylum in Bulgaria in 2015, the most recent year for which firm numbers were available. This was a fraction of the around 1.2 million who claimed asylum in the EU that year, more than three quarters of whom were from majority Muslim countries.
Although only a handful of Europe-bound migrants have settled in Bulgaria, concern about the newcomers resonates in a country that was dominated for centuries by the Ottoman Turks.
Ivanov believes the refugee crisis was part of a plan in which ISIS militants would slip into the country and attack. Then, neighboring Turkey would deploy troops to Bulgaria under the auspices of the NATO alliance, he said, effectively reclaiming a portion of the lost Ottoman Empire.
Conspiracy theories like this abound among BNO Shipka members, some of whom make a point of speaking Russian. Their affinity for Moscow is perhaps understandable in the context of Bulgaria’s unhappy history with its Muslim-majority neighbor. Shipka, after all, refers to a battle in which a Russo-Bulgarian force defeated the Ottoman Turks in 1877.
Bulgaria’s weak economy and status outside the borderless Schengen area means most migrants aim for Greece as a gateway to more prosperous countries further west.
So the “refugee situation here is not that serious,” said Krassimir Kanev, a founder of the human rights group Bulgarian Helsinki Committee. "Bulgaria is a transit country, the refugees want to move to [other] EU countries.”
However, Bulgaria “registered 31,281 new arrivals in 2015, which represents 89.3 percent of all land arrivals in the EU for the same year,” according to a report by Radoslav Stamenkov, the head of the Bulgaria office at the International Organization for Migration. The “migration shock” that began in 2013 created social tensions “in a country that had a very limited experience of receiving migrants,” Stamenkov wrote.
Kanev sees BNO Shipka and similar groups as xenophobic nationalists at best, or at worst, violent and racist extremists. In October 2015, an Afghan migrant was shot and killed when he tried to cross into Bulgaria. In November, protests by locals over rumors of disease forced the temporary closure of the country’s largest refugee camp and led to riots.
“There are ongoing criminal proceedings against a number of these groups,” Kanev said. Bulgarian vigilantes have detained migrants and tied them up, sometimes beating and humiliating them before forcing them back across the border, he added.
Asked for its position on vigilante groups, Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry did not respond.
Jokes and Cigarettes
Back in the forests of the Strandzha Massif, BNO Shipka is going out on patrol. In bitter cold and with snow on the ground, this isn’t the high season for refugees crossing from Turkey. Some still try.
After a series of short speeches by leaders, members gear up and head toward the border. But the presence of a large group of people in ski masks and military regalia dashing from cover to cover in view of the highway attracts the attention of local authorities.
Two border police officers, accompanied by several soldiers armed with assault rifles, drive up in four-by-fours and ask for an explanation. They seem less concerned than confused. Most BNO Shipka members wear Bulgarian military fatigues from their own service so the groups merge, trading jokes and cigarettes. Only the slung rifles indicate who is an active soldier and who is a vigilante.
The authorities seem unsure what to do, particularly with members of the media present.
A BNO Shipka squad leader informs journalists that police are letting them continue, but the training mission has been completed and the team will return to the fishing lodge. As the group marches back, police follow them having called in reinforcements.
No one is detained or questioned further, but police return the following day.
Undeterred, BNO Shipka members record a video message to Trump. They put on snow camouflage oversuits and sneak around police stationed at the road leading to the lodge.
Asked if he is afraid Bulgaria is losing its identity, founding member Ivanov nods. "If we don’t do something soon,” he said. “It’s not just Bulgaria, but all of Europe.”
BNO Shipka didn’t catch any migrants this time. Still, they intend to keep looking.
F1 and the limits of public diplomacy
The economic crisis and the cold international attendance at the Baku European Games are some possible explanations for the partial change of diplomatic strategy of #Azerbaijan
▻http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Azerbaijan/F1-and-the-limits-of-public-diplomacy-172938
#europe #Baku #diplomacie #Eu
Renewable energy in the Balkans: enough bad
Despite the commitments defined by the Energy Community Treaty, most of the investments in the energy sector in the Western Balkans are still directed to coal plants
▻http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Balkans/Renewable-energy-in-the-Balkans-enough-bad-172389
The Purge Begins In Turkey
On Saturday, Turkish soldiers and police—those who had remained loyal to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during the uncertain hours of the previous day—were rounding up their enemies across the security services, reportedly arresting thousands. There will be thousands more. In the high-stakes world of Turkish politics—nominally democratic but played with authoritarian ferocity—justice for the losers will be swift and brutal.
▻http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-purge-begins-in-turkey
#Turquie #répression #coup2016 #purge
Turquie : putsch déjoué mais tensions persistantes, des vidéos montrent des lynchages de putschistes
Le gouvernement turc a annoncé samedi l’échec de la tentative de putsch qui a fait au moins 265 morts, mais des tensions persistaient comme en témoignaient l’appel lancé par le président Erdogan à la poursuite de la mobilisation de ses sympathisants et la quasi-fermeture d’une importante base aérienne.
▻http://www.lalibre.be/actu/international/turquie-putsch-dejoue-mais-tensions-persistantes-des-videos-montrent-des-lyn
Coup d’Etat raté en Turquie... à moins qu’il n’ait réussi !
Hier soir, lorsqu’on a appris le putsch en cours en Turquie, j’ai évoqué deux hypothèses sur Facebook. La première était un coup sérieux patronné par les Ricains pour se débarrasser d’un Erdogan devenu insupportable en raison de son soutien à Daesh, jamais démenti contrairement à ce que prétend la propagande, et du fait qu’il tire dans le dos des Kurdes, alliés de Washington sur le terrain.
▻http://www.olivier-delorme.com/odblog/index.php?2016%2F07%2F16%2F751-coup-d-etat-rate-en-turquie
Turquie : Erdogan sauvé du putsch par... l’armée
Si ses relations avec l’armée qu’il a maintes fois purgée ont souvent été compliquées, le président turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan a pu compter sur le soutien salvateur de son haut commandement contre la tentative de coup d’Etat menée par un groupe de soldats mutins.
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/depeche/turquie-erdogan-sauve-du-putsch-par-larmee.afp.com.20160717.d
A photojournalist killed and media occupied in Turkey: democracy was targeted
#Mustafa_Cambaz, photojournalist for the Turkish daily Yeni Safak was killed by soldiers during the attempt coup in Turkey, last night, in the Cengelkoy neighborhood of Istanbul. Soldiers took control of the state broadcaster TRT, the private broadcasters CNN-Turk and Kanal D, and the daily newspaper Hurriyet.
▻http://europeanjournalists.org/blog/2016/07/16/a-photojournalist-killed-and-media-occupied-in-turkey-democracy
Turquie. L’heure des purges a commencé
Au lendemain du coup d’Etat avorté, une violente répression s’abat sur les militaires et leurs soutiens présumés. Dans la ligne de mire d’Ankara, un homme, refugié aux Etats-Unis : Fetullah Gülen.
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/turquie-lheure-des-purges-commence
«Erdogan wird jetzt noch autoritärer herrschen»
Der Putsch in der Türkei sei schlecht organisiert gewesen, sagt der Istanbuler Politologe Can Büyükbay. Der gescheiterte Umsturz könne dramatische Folgen haben.
▻http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ausland/europa/erdogan-wird-jetzt-noch-autoritaerer-herrschen/story/13241180
Turchia, colpo di Stato sventato. Ora il colpo di grazia alle libertà?
Golpe militare in Turchia. Per anni è stato un binomio indissolubile, sembrava. Ancora nel 2007, quando si ritornava alle elezioni politiche, la stampa straniera, italiana inclusa, si era riversata per seguire il voto e paventava un colpo di Stato. Niente. Le continue vittorie elettorali dell’Akp, il partito di Erdogan, erano un segnale di stabilità e di un percorso democratico che pareva avesse annullato il pericolo di interventi militari che fino a pochi anni prima avevano caratterizzato la storia turca.
Coup d’état attempt: Turkey’s Reichstag fire?
We are witnessing the consolidation of a new form of authoritarianism with a populist streak.
▻https://opendemocracy.net/ay-e-kad-o-lu/coup-d-tat-attempt-turkey-s-reichstag-fire
Attacks on #HDP Offices Following Coup Attempt in Turkey
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) offices have been attacked in three cities following the failed coup attempt in Turkey.
Aftermath of Turkey coup attempt will be bloody and repressive
Mob rule will shape country’s politics as attacks on anyone seen to oppose Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his party continue
▻https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/16/aftermath-of-turkish-coup-attempt-will-be-bloody-and-repressive?CMP=fb_
En Turquie, un coup d’Etat avorté qui sert les ambitions d’Erdogan
« Purges massives », « début du grand nettoyage », « élimination de l’opposition » : la tentative de putsch d’une partie de l’armée turque risque de renforcer la dérive autoritaire du président Erdogan, s’inquiète la presse suisse de ce lundi. Ce coup d’Etat raté offre en effet une occasion inespérée au président turc de s’octroyer les pleins pouvoirs.
▻http://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/revue-de-presse_en-turquie--un-coup-d-etat-avort%C3%A9-qui-sert-les-ambitions-d-erdogan/42305466
Turquie : Erdogan purge l’appareil d’Etat
En Turquie, après le coup d’État militaire avorté du 15 juillet, au cours duquel au moins 308 personnes ont été tuées, le président Erdogan veut mettre la société au pas. Une purge immédiate et radicale a commencé dans l’armée, la justice, la police et la bureaucratie. Reportage à Istanbul.
►https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/180716/turquie-erdogan-purge-l-appareil-d-etat
L’attivista curdo: “Poi toccherà a noi”
“L’atmosfera nelle strade è davvero orribile adesso”, racconta a Radio Popolare da Istanbul Burak, un attivista curdo che aveva partecipato in prima file alle proteste di Gezi Park. “Le piazze sono piene di sostenitori di Erdogan che non sono affatto i sostenitori della democrazia descritti da molti giornali. Sono estremisti di destra, religiosi e violenti, che hanno anche attaccato quartieri aleviti e anche profughi siriani, nelle ultime ore”.
▻http://www.radiopopolare.it/2016/07/lattivista-curdo-poi-tocchera-a-noi
Failed coup attempt in Turkey: the victory of democracy?
Who was the aggressor and who the victim? Who was protecting whom? From whom?
►https://www.opendemocracy.net/zeynep-gambetti/failed-coup-attempt-in-turkey-victory-of-democracy
Ce que la tentative de coup d’État en Turquie va changer
Une tentative de coup d’État dramatique, menée par une partie de l’armée turque, a été déjouée. Elle a fait plus de 290 morts, 1 400 blessés et a conduit à 9 000 arrestations (dont 30 gouverneurs).
▻http://www.irinnews.org/fr/analyses/2016/07/18/ce-que-la-tentative-de-coup-d%E2%80%99%C3%A9tat-en-turquie-va-changer
Turkey: Protect Rights, Law After Coup Attempt
(Berlin) – The response of the Turkish government to an attempted coup will be a critical test of its commitment to defend democratic principles and human rights, including media freedom and respect for the rule of law.
▻https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/07/18/turkey-protect-rights-law-after-coup-attempt
« Le coup d’Etat en Turquie n’était pas contrôlé dès le début »
Le chercheur Jean-François Pérouse a vécu depuis Istanbul la tentative de coup d’État, et la pression qui a suivi. Il ne tient pas pour autant à « diaboliser » les « forces sociales » au sein de l’AKP, le parti du président turc, qui ne verseront pas si facilement, pense-t-il, dans la propagande en faveur d’un État autocratique.
►https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/180716/le-coup-detat-en-turquie-netait-pas-controle-des-le-debut
Universitaires interdits de voyage à l’étranger
Coup d’Etat en TurquieLe gouvernement continue à prendre des mesures après le putsch qui a secoué le pays, vendredi.
▻http://www.24heures.ch/monde/universitaires-interdits-voyage-etranger/story/19840548
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of July 17
Police detained Levent Kenez, editor of Meydan newspaper, and Meydan Responsible News Editor Gülizar Baki from the newspaper’s offices in Istanbul this evening, the news website T24 reported. Few details were immediately available, but Meydan is sympathetic to the Hizmet movement, which the Turkish government has blamed for orchestrating a failed July 15 coup attempt.
▻https://cpj.org/blog/2016/07/turkey-crackdown-chronicle.php
Turkey suspends European Convention on Human Rights in wake of coup
Turkey will temporarily suspend the European Convention on Human Rights after announcing a state of emergency following the attempted coup.
▻http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/turkey-coup-attempt-human-rights-president-erdogan-purge-turkish-mili
Turquie : l’UE suit « de très près » l’application de l’état d’urgence
L’Union européenne a déclaré suivre « de très près et avec inquiétude » l’application de l’état d’urgence décrété en Turquie à la suite du coup d’Etat manqué du 15 juillet, après lequel Ankara a lancé une gigantesque purge.
Turquie : les enjeux de « l’après-coup d’Etat »
Si la tentative de coup d’Etat du 15 juillet a surpris, les événements qui suivent son échec sont, à bien des égards, encore plus stupéfiants. Après la confusion et les violences qui ont marqué l’effondrement de l’intervention militaire, on s’attendait à ce que la répression ratisse large. Et de fait, outre 10 000 militaires, près de 3000 magistrats ont rapidement été arrêtés, parmi lesquels plusieurs dizaines de juges et de procureurs du Conseil d’Etat et de la Cour de cassation, sans oublier deux membres de la Cour constitutionnelle (une première dans toute l’histoire de la République !). Pourtant, on est en train de se rend compte que ces arrestations n’ont été que le début d’une immense purge qui est à l’œuvre pour transformer l’Etat et la société turcs. Une nouvelle ère politique s’ouvre donc en Turquie, et elle ne laisse pas d’inquiéter.
Quelques remarques après le coup d’état manqué de la nuit du 15 au 16 juillet 2016. Un coup d’état hors-sol ?
Alors que l’on recherche encore des membres du commando qui a tenté dans la nuit du 15 au 16 juillet de prendre d’assaut l’hôtel de Marmaris où ne se trouvait plus le président de la République, alors que des affrontements sporadiques se poursuivent (à Trabzon, 3 policiers tués le 19/07 vers 12h.), alors que le bilan exact, humain1 et matériel, n’est pas encore tout à fait connu, alors que les mises en garde à vue se poursuivent, alors que ceux qui ont vécu les événements à Ankara et Istanbul sont encore sous le choc et que l’AKP continue à demander à ses sympathisants de veiller chaque nuit en investissant les espaces publics, qu’il nous soit permis ici de synthétiser quelques-unes des analyses les plus éclairantes lues jusqu’alors2.
This is the biggest witch-hunt in Turkey’s history
Power’s always swung between mosques and military. But the brutality of this clampdown is at a new level – and I’ve been jailed before. We need Europe’s help
▻https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/22/biggest-witch-hunt-turkish-history-coup-erdogan-europe-help?CMP=Share_i
#chasse_aux_sorcières #coup #coup_d'Etat
Turkey: of coups and popular resistance
The construct of ‘the people’ thrives on and demands homogeneity of values and unity of purpose and banishes diversity and difference to the realm of the evil ‘other’.
▻https://www.opendemocracy.net/spyros-sofos/turkey-of-coups-and-popular-resistance
#résistance #populisme
Purges en Turquie: #Turkish_Airlines licencie 211 employés
Istanbul - La compagnie nationale turque Turkish Airlines a annoncé lundi le licenciement de 211 employés en raison de leurs liens allégués avec le prédicateur Fethullah Gülen, accusé par Ankara d’être l’instigateur du coup d’Etat manqué du 15 juillet.
▻http://www.romandie.com/news/Purges-en-Turquie-Turkish-Airlines-licencie-211-employes/723494.rom
Coup d’État avorté en Turquie : une victoire de la #démocratie ?
Selon #Zeynep_Gambetti, professeure associée de théorie politique à l’Université du Bosphore à Istanbul (1), « le coup d’État du 15 juillet risque d’ouvrir la voie à l’abolition du régime parlementaire en faveur d’un #régime_présidentiel, dépourvu de tout système de freins et de contre-pouvoirs sur l’exécutif. Voilà justement ce qu’Erdoğan voulait instaurer. » Texte original publié le 18 juillet 2016 sur OpenDemocracy.
▻https://blogs.mediapart.fr/les-invites-de-mediapart/blog/250716/coup-detat-avorte-en-turquie-une-victoire-de-la-democratie
Turkey: Rights Protections Missing From Emergency Decree. Orders to Purge Civil Servants, Judges; Close Groups Down
(Istanbul) – The first emergency decree under Turkey’s state of emergency is arbitrary, discriminatory, and unjustified as a response to the violent coup attempt or other public order concerns.
▻https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/07/26/turkey-rights-protections-missing-emergency-decree
Turquie : mandat d’arrêt contre 42 journalistes après le putsch raté (médias)
Des mandats d’arrêt ont été délivrés à l’encontre de 42 journalistes dans le cadre de la purge tous azimuts lancée après le putsch du 15 juillet en Turquie, ont annoncé lundi 25 juillet des chaînes de télévision. Parmi les journalistes se trouve Nazli Ilicak, figure de premier plan du monde des médias en Turquie, limogée du quotidien progouvernemental Sabah en 2013 pour avoir critiqué des ministres impliqués dans un scandale de corruption, ont rapporté NTV et CNN-Turk.
▻http://www.rfi.fr/contenu/ticker/turquie-mandat-arret-contre-42-journalistes-apres-le-putsch-rate-medias
Turquie : deux généraux de premier plan en garde à vue à #Dubaï
Deux généraux turcs de premier plan servant en Afghanistan ont été placés en garde à vue à Dubaï pour leur implication présumée dans le coup d’Etat raté du 15 juillet en Turquie, a annoncé mardi l’agence pro-gouvernementale Anadolu.
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/depeche/la-turquie-poursuit-ses-putschistes-letranger.afp.com.2016072
#Nazli_Ilicak, l’affranchie arrêtée par Erdogan
L’éditorialiste libérale de 72 ans, un temps proche du Président turc, fait partie des 42 journalistes ciblés par la purge.
▻http://lesjours.fr/obsessions/la-charniere/ep25-nazli-ilicak
Turkish coup probe turns sights on journalists
Bulent Mumay found out he was on a list of 42 journalists facing arrest when a friend called him on Monday morning.
Turkey : detention Warrant for 42 Journalists
Custody order has been issued for 42 journalists including journalist Nazlı Ilıcak within the investigation into Gülen Community
▻http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Turkey/Turkey-detention-Warrant-for-42-Journalists
Turquie : 149 généraux et amiraux limogés après le putsch raté
Cent quarante-neuf généraux et amiraux ont été limogés de l’armée turque pour leur implication dans le coup d’Etat raté du 15 juillet, a annoncé mercredi soir un responsable turc.
« Ils ont été limogés pour leur complicité dans la tentative de coup d’Etat », a déclaré ce responsable, précisant qu’il s’agissait de 87 hauts gradés de l’armée de terre, 30 de l’armée de l’air et 32 de la marine.
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/depeche/turquie-149-generaux-et-amiraux-limoges-apres-le-putsch-rate.
Erdoğan traque les collaborateurs de #Gülen dans tous les #Balkans
Après le putsch avorté en Turquie, les autorités d’Ankara se lancent à la « traque » de celui qui en est considéré comme le « cerveau », Fethullah Gülen et son réseau FETO. Le Président turc, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, est à la recherche des collaborateurs du mouvement Gülen en Albanie et en Bosnie-Herzégovine.
▻http://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/le-fil-de-l-info/erdogan-a-la-recherche-des-collaborateurs-de-gulen-en-albanie.htm
Turquie : mandats d’arrêt contre 100 employés d’un hôpital militaire d’Ankara
Des mandats d’arrêt ont été lancés contre 100 membres du personnel d’un hôpital militaire d’Ankara, dont des médecins, a annoncé mardi la télévision, deux semaines et demi après la tentative avortée de putsch en Turquie.
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/depeche/turquie-mandats-darret-contre-100-employes-dun-hopital-milita
This powerful series of tweets says all you need to know about the state of Turkey’s democracy
Turkish president Recep Erdogan has ordered that at least 131 media outlets suspected of inciting or sympathizing with this month’s failed military coup be permanently shut down.
Journalists detained in Turkey since the coup attempt, 15 July
The EFJ and the IFJ listed 62 journalists and media owners detained since the coup attempt (15 July) in Turkey:
▻http://europeanjournalists.org/blog/2016/07/29/journalists-detained-in-turkey-since-the-coup-attempt-15-july
#Türköne among 12 journalists arrested in escalating media crackdown
Mümtazer Türköne was arrested along with 11 more editors and columnists at the Zaman daily before it was forcefully seized by the government in March, due to allegedly being involved in the recent failed coup attempt, in the aftermath of which Turkish government’s crackdown on free media — among many other government bodies – has gained momentum.
https://www.turkishminute.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/m%C3%BCmtazer-t%C3%BCrk%C3%B6ne-800x600.jpg
Turkey : 100 Media Outlets Closed, 30 Journalists detained
A week before the recent coup attempt in Turkey a group of journalists launched a campaign to defend press freedom entitled “I am a journalist! Journalism is not a crime!”. Participating newspapers and online news portals issued a statement about press freedom and published banners saying “Did you know? Journalism is not a crime!”.
▻http://en.ejo.ch/media-politics/turkey-media-outlets-closed-journalists-arrested
US journalist detained in Turkey
A U.S. citizen has been detained for trying to enter Turkey illegally from Syria, the governor of the southern province of Hatay said on August 7.
▻http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/us-journalist-detained-in-turkey.aspx?pageID=238&nID=102585&NewsC
#journalistes #journalisme #médias
Turkey – world leader in imprisoned journalists
The witchhunt launched in the wake of the 15 July coup attempt in Turkey continues to take a heavy toll on journalists. In the draconian state of emergency imposed after the abortive coup, the authorities have closed more than 100 media outlets critical of the government, placed 42 journalists in provisional detention and banned many others from travelling abroad.
▻https://rsf.org/en/news/turkey-world-leader-imprisoned-journalists
#Olivier_Bertrand (Les Jours) - Turquie - la répression contre la presse
Purges en Turquie: mandat d’arrêt contre #Hakan_Sukur, ex-star du foot
Un mandat d’arrêt a été émis en Turquie contre l’ex-star du football Hakan Sukur dans le cadre de la purge en cours contre les milieux proches du prédicateur Fethullah Gülen après le putsch avorté du mois dernier, a annoncé vendredi la presse.
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/sites/ci_master/files/styles/image_original_765/public/afp/75cdd555ee297828223b30e25a938f7591b0e52e.jpg?itok=m4xBQdkC
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/depeche/turquie-mandat-darret-contre-une-ex-star-du-football-proche-d
#football
Turkey Calls for Schools to Destroy Books and Newspapers After Coup
The publications listed are said to have links to Fethullah Gulen, whom Turkey blames for an attempted coup.
▻http://europe.newsweek.com/turkey-calls-destruction-gulen-publications-after-coup-490601
#livres
“La romancière #Asli_Erdogan a été arrêtée en Turquie, je suis inquiète pour elle”
Depuis un mois, on suspend, on arrête les gens par milliers en Turquie... Je revois une femme gracile, déterminée et passionnée, telle que je l’ai connue il y a une quinzaine d’années, telle que nous nous retrouvions, au gré de ses voyages, autour d’un thé à Paris, au Select, ce lieu prisé autrefois par les écrivains turcs et dont elle perpétue ainsi la tradition.
Turquie : le parquet ordonne la saisie des biens de 187 hommes d’affaires
Le parquet d’Istanbul a ordonné jeudi la saisie des biens de 187 hommes d’affaires recherchés et soupçonnés d’avoir des liens avec l’ex-imam Fethullah Gülen accusé d’être le cerveau du putsch avorté en Turquie, ont rapporté les médias locaux.
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/depeche/la-purge-des-pro-gulen-sintensifie-dans-les-milieux-economiqu
Cartoonist Dogan Güzel Among Journalists Arrested In Turkey Press Purge
Cartoonist #Dogan_Güzel was among the journalists arrested in the government raid on the Kurdish newspaper Özgür Gündem in Istanbul on Tuesday. Photos show the cartoonist in a torn shirt in police custody. In 1999, Dogan Güzel was the first recipient of CRNI’s Courage in Political Cartooning award. At that time, he had just spent a year in jail for “drawing a cartoon that called the state ‘weak,’ and for publishing his cartoons in the Kurdish language.” Cartoonists Rights joins Reporters Without Borders in condemning the closure of the newspaper and calls for the release of the journalists.
200 Turkish journalists blacklisted from parliament
One of the most vital duties of a journalist — in any democracy — is to report on the day-to-day operations of a country’s parliament. Journalism schools devote much time to teaching the deciphering budgets and legal language, and how to report fairly on political divides and debates.
Asli Erdogan : « La question kurde, c’est aujourd’hui l’enjeu numéro un en Turquie »
Dans le petit cercle des écrivains turcs, aux côtés d’Elif Shafak ou Ohran Pamuk, Asli Erdogan est l’écorchée vive, celle qui n’en a jamais fini de remuer la cendre et les conflits. Elle a sillonné le sud-est du pays, cette région kurde qui est le théâtre d’une véritable « guerre », et raconté le quotidien des prisons turques. Entretien.
▻https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/280910/asli-erdogan-la-question-kurde-cest-aujourdhui-lenjeu-numero-un-en-turq
2 308 journalistes ont perdu leur emploi depuis la tentative de putsch en Turquie
Selon le syndicat des journalistes lié à la Fédération DISK, 2 308 personnes ont perdu leur emploi depuis la tentative de putsch. Un décret-loi avait interdit 131 médias.
▻https://www.zamanfrance.fr/article/2-308-journalistes-ont-perdu-leur-emploi-tentative-putsch-en-turquie-232
Les foudres d’Erdogan s’abattent aussi sur les sympathisants de Gülen en Suisse
Depuis le putsch manqué, les disciples du mouvement de l’imam turc Fethullah Gülen en Suisse témoignent d’un climat de haine et de harcèlement. La campagne qui les vise est relayée par les antennes d’Ankara
▻https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/2016/08/18/foudres-derdogan-sabattent-sympathisants-gulen-suisse
Stop the press: Turkey’s crackdown on its media goes into overdrive
Since the attempted coup, the government has ordered more than a hundred outlets to close and arrested 48 journalists
▻https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/29/stop-the-press-turkey-crackdown-journalists-overdrive-since-coup?CMP=tw
Erdogan vieta #Shakespeare nei teatri turchi
Gli attori sono l’ultima categoria presa di mira dal governo turco, che proibisce opere occidentali nella prossima stagione. Una situazione che riecheggia quella vissuta dall’Iran rivoluzionario, quando molti grandi interpreti, registi e commediografi furono costretti a lasciare il paese
▻http://www.ilfoglio.it/esteri/2016/08/31/erdogan-teatri-turchia___1-v-146685-rubriche_c225.htm
#théâtre
Turkish linguist arrested on terror charges in #Özgür_Gündem probe
Turkish linguist and author Necmiye Alpay was arrested on Aug. 31 on terror charges as a part of an ongoing investigation into closed daily Özgür Gündem.
Turkey suspends 11,500 teachers as Erdogan declares largest operation against Kurds
Ankara has dismissed thousands of Kurdish teachers for alleged links to the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK). President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has also announced a massive operation to cull the militants.
▻http://www.dw.com/en/turkey-suspends-11500-teachers-as-erdogan-declares-largest-operation-against-kurds/a-19537662
Turkey Uses Post-Coup Emergency Decree to Purge Mayors and Teachers
ISTANBUL — The Turkish government said on Friday that it was preparing to take over at least 28 municipal administrations nationwide, ousting elected mayors as part of an intensified crackdown against Kurdish insurgents.
#Mehmet_Altan (photo de gauche) qui vient d’être arrêté est né en 1953. C’est un économiste spécialiste des relations entre la Turquie et le FMI. Sa thèse soutenue à la Sorbonne portait sur les relations triangulaires entre la Turquie, l’URSS et les Etats-Unis. Il a enseigné ensuite dans le privé, et publié de nombreux articles, notamment pour le quotidien Cumhuriyet dont il a été correspondant à Paris. Ses articles et essais ont été réunis dans un livre intitulé La Fourmi volante et il est l’auteur de nombreux ouvrages, notamment sur l’AKP, sur la politique en Turquie, la vie dans le sud-est, l’islamisme en milieu urbain etc.
Il revient en Turquie en 1984 et travaille pour une firme privée avant de devenir assistant puis professeur à l’Université d’Istanbul. De 2006 à 2012 il écrit pour les quotidiens Sabah, et Star.
#Ahmet_Altan (photo de droite) qui vient d’être arrêté en même temps que son frère Mehmet (voir notice par ailleurs) est né en 1950. C’est un journaliste très renommé qui a été longtemps chorniqueur à Hürriyet, Günes, Milliyet, Yeni Yüzyıl. Il a été exclu de la rédaction de Milliyet pour ses positions à l’égard des Kurdes (on l’accusait de soutenir la création d’un Kurdistan).
Il est l’un des fondateurs et dirigeants du quotidien Taraf en 2007
En septembre 2008, il est inculpé d’insulte à la nation turque pour avoir reconnu le génocide des Arméniens. Il a ensuite participé à la Fondation Hrant Dink et a reçu le prix Hrant Dink de la paix en 2011.
Il a démissionné de Taraf en 2012, pour y revenir en 2015.
Il a eu également des ennuis avec la justice pour des articles concernant Atatürk, et le massacre de Roboski en 2012.
vu sur Facebook, le 10.09.2016
Enseignants suspendus, réprimés, aux limites de l’absurde
11 301 enseignants dont 9843 s’avèrent être des membre du syndicat enseignant #Egitim-Sen, viennent d’être suspendus lors d’un nouveau coup de balai dans l’éducation nationale. Les purges précédentes concernaient déjà au moins 28 000 employés dans ce ministère, depuis le coup d’État raté du 15 juillet. L’accusation, cette fois, désigne une complicité de terrorisme avec le PKK, sans toutefois le nommer.
►http://www.kedistan.net/2016/09/10/enseignants-suspendus-labsurde
Turquie : 28 maires relevés de leurs fonctions pour des liens présumés avec le PKK ou les gülenistes
La Turquie a relevé dimanche de leurs fonctions 28 maires soupçonnés d’être liés aux militants kurdes du Parti des travailleurs du Kurdistan (PKK) ou à l’ex-prédicateur Gülen, accusé d’être à l’origine du putsch avorté de mi-juillet, a annoncé le ministre de l’Intérieur, Suleyman Soylu.
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/depeche/turquie-28-maires-releves-de-leurs-fonctions-pour-des-liens-p
Turkey removes 28 mayors on terrorism charges
With authority vested by the state of emergency rule, the Turkish government removed 28 mayors on Sunday in the predominantly in Kurdish regions of the country, replacing them with trustees.
HDP calls for mass protests against removal of Kurdish mayors
A government decision to remove elected Kurdish mayors in Turkey’s Southeast has sparked an uproar across the region as People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Figen Yüksekdağ described the move as a coup against the will of the people, calling for mass protests against the decision.
▻http://www.turkishminute.com/2016/09/12/hdp-calls-mass-protests-removal-kurdish-mayors
82 arrested, 31 detained over coup charges on Sunday
A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and taken into custody.
Turchia: liberate i fratelli Altan
Decine di intellettuali, tra i quali tre Nobel per la Letteratura, in una lettera di protesta chiedono il rilascio del giornalista #Ahmet_Altan e del fratello Mehmet, arrestati il 10 settembre
Turchia: a perdere è sempre il giornalismo
Il tentato golpe del 15 luglio, le ripercussioni sui media e giornalisti turchi. L’editoriale di uno dei giornalisti arrestati in quei giorni
▻http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/aree/Turchia/Turchia-a-perdere-e-sempre-il-giornalismo-173990
En anglais: ▻http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Turkey/Journalism-in-Turkey-my-days-in-jail-after-the-coup-173990
Kurdish Prisoners Electrocuted, Hanged as Turkey Returns to ’Old Forms of Torture’
“We went to Şırnak and Nusaybin with an 18 person IHD delegation. We were told of the torture at detention centres. Those who were tortured said, ’old forms of torture are back. It’s as if they had hidden away old torture instruments used for electrocution and hanging and brought them out [to use on us]’. Our lawyer friends are following up on the issue. Life has turned into torture in the [Kurdish] region. People are living among ruins. Everything has been destroyed. The sound of gunfire and work machines dominate everything. Neighbourhoods are besieged by armored vehicles.”
▻http://www.kurdishquestion.com/article/3438-kurdish-prisoners-electrocuted-hanged-as-turkey-returns-to-039
Turchia, morto in carcere procuratore arrestato per il golpe. Seguiva inchiesta che coinvolgeva familiari di Erdogan
#Seyfettin_Yigit è stato trovato impiccato questa mattina nei bagni della prigione di Bursa. Era responsabile del processo per corruzione che riguardava anche l’Agenzia governativa per lo sviluppo abitativo. Il corpo è stato portato al dipartimento di medicina legale della città turca per l’autopsia, che dovrà verificare se si è trattato di omicidio o di suicidio. Convalidato il fermo per il numero due del partito filo-curdo
▻http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2016/09/16/turchia-morto-in-carcere-procuratore-arrestato-per-il-golpe-seguiva-inchiesta-che-coinvolgeva-familiari-di-erdogan/3038248
Turkey: #LGBT, state of emergency
After the failed coup in Turkey, the state of emergency exacerbates discrimination and attacks against the LGBT community
#Joost_Lagendijk, bloccato all’aeroporto di Istanbul
Impedito l’ingresso in Turchia all’ex europarlamentare verde, docente e editorialista per la stampa turca. Residente da anni a Istanbul e sposato con una giornalista turca
Putsch en Turquie : 87 membres des services de renseignement limogés
La Turquie a limogé 87 membres des services de renseignement turcs (MIT) pour des liens présumés avec la confrérie de l’ex-prédicateur, Fethullah Gülen, accusé d’avoir fomenté le putsch avorté de mi-juillet, a rapporté mardi l’agence de presse progouvernementale Anadolu.
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/depeche/putsch-en-turquie-87-membres-des-services-de-renseignement-li
Turquie: l’#état_d'urgence va être prolongé
Le Conseil national de sécurité turc, dirigé par le président Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a estimé mercredi que l’état d’urgence instauré pour trois mois après la tentative de coup d’Etat du 15 juillet, et qui a entraîné à ce jour l’arrestation de 32.000 personnes, devait être prolongé.
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/depeche/turquie-letat-durgence-va-etre-prolonge.afp.com.20160928.doc.
#Turquie. Partout dans le monde, l’empire #Gülen est sous pression
Depuis la tentative de coup d’État, le 15 juillet dernier, les purges se multiplient en Turquie. Principales cibles : les sympathisants du prédicateur Fethullah Gülen, désigné comme l’instigateur du putsch manqué. Une #répression qui s’étend hors des frontières turques.
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/grand-format/turquie-partout-dans-le-monde-lempire-gulen-est-sous-pression
#cartographie #visualisation
Pro-Kurdish DBP’s Hani mayor arrested
#Abdurrahman_Zorlu, mayor of the Hani district of southeastern Diyarbakır province, was arrested on Friday on charges of membership in a terrorist organization, CNN Türk has reported.
▻http://www.turkishminute.com/2016/09/30/pro-kurdish-dbps-hani-mayor-arrested
Turkey suspends 12,800 police officers in coup plot probe
▻http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-police-suspends-12801-personnel-over-alleged-links-to-gul
Après le coup d’État militaire raté, le coup d’État civil réussi d’Erdogan
Objectif : instaurer un nouveau système politique à sa mesure.
▻http://www.slate.fr/story/124959/coup-etat-militaire-erdogan
Turquie : plus de 35.000 arrestations depuis la tentative de coup d’Etat
Plus de 35.000 personnes ont été arrêtées en Turquie, et un total de 82.000 ont fait l’objet d’une enquête, depuis la tentative de coup d’Etat le 15 juillet, a annoncé le ministre de la Justice.
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/depeche/turquie-plus-de-35000-arrestations-depuis-la-tentative-de-cou
107 Gazeteci Hapiste, Kapatılan Medyadan 2 Bin 500 İşsiz
Hapis gazetecilerin 71’i «Cemaat», 29’u Kürt Medyasından. 155 medya kapatıldı; 775 basın kartı, 49 pasaport iptal. 191 gazeteci 1 müebbet ve 2 bin 152 yıl hapis talebiyle yargılanıyor. 29 kişi Erdoğan «sanığı, mağduru, şüphelisi».
Internet shutdown in Turkey’s Southeast following mayor’s detention
A full internet shutdown lasting almost 12 hours has cut off Turkey’s Southeast regions, following protests against the detention of #Diyarbakir mayor and co-mayor Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı on terrorism charges.
▻https://turkeyblocks.org/2016/10/26/internet-shutdown-turkey-diyarbakir
« -Il faut sortir d’une lecture trop erdogano-centrée »
▻http://le1hebdo.fr/numero/127/il-faut-sortir-d-une-lecture-trop-erdogano-centre-1882.html
Era il 2011, davanti al tribunale di #Diyarbakır per uno dei tanti maxi processi contro militanti curdi, al presidio si avvicina un’attivista internazionale che mi chiede di tradurre la sua rabbia: “Perché gli impedite di difendersi nella loro lingua?”. Il poliziotto sorride e risponde sereno: “faremo come in Sri Lanka, li stermineremo tutti”.
Turquie : les deux maires de Diyarbakir en détention pour activités « terroristes »
Un tribunal turc a annoncé dimanche avoir placé en détention provisoire les deux maires de Diyarbakir, épicentre du sud-est à majorité kurde de la Turquie, accusés d’activités « terroristes » en lien avec le Parti des travailleurs du Kurdistan (PKK).
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/depeche/turquie-les-deux-maires-de-diyarbakir-en-detention-pour-activ
Turquie : nouvelle vague de purges suite à la tentative de coup d’État
Les purges se poursuivent, en Turquie, après la tentative de coup d’État avortée de juillet. Les autorités ont limogé 10 000 nouveaux fonctionnaires, selon deux décrets publiés samedi soir au Journal officiel.
▻http://www.france24.com/fr/20161030-turquie-erdogan-poursuit-purge-tentative-coup-etat-putsch-ankara-
Turquie : arrestation du rédacteur en chef du quotidien d’opposition « #Cumhuriyet »
Les logements de dirigeants et rédacteurs du journal ont également été visés par des perquisitions, ont annoncé, lundi 31 octobre, plusieurs médias turcs, dont le site Internet du journal visé.
►http://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2016/10/31/turquie-arrestation-du-redacteur-en-chef-du-quotidien-d-opposition-cumhuriye
Turquie. Erdogan continue sa vague répressive
Depuis le coup d’État manqué de la mi-juillet, les arrestations d’intellectuels, de journalistes, et d’hommes politiques se multiplient en Turquie. Ce samedi, le président turc a annoncé deux nouveaux décrets visant la presse et les fonctionnaires.
Turquie. Le journal “#Cumhuriyet”, symbole de la répression
“Je ne suis toujours pas en prison, mon frère” : Murat Yetkin résume en ces termes, sur le site du quotidien anglophone Hurriyet Daily News, “l’état d’esprit des journalistes en Turquie ces jours-ci”.
Turquie. L’inquiétude grandit sur le respect de l’Etat de droit
De nouveau des journalistes d’opposition mais aussi plusieurs députés pro-kurdes ont été arrêtés ces derniers 24 heures en Turquie.
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/turquie-linquietude-grandit-sur-le-respect-de-letat-de-droit
Turquie : détention pour 9 membres du journal d’opposition Cumhuriyet
Un tribunal d’Istanbul a ordonné le placement en détention avant un procès de neuf membres du journal d’opposition Cumhuriyet, a annoncé samedi l’agence turque Dogan.
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/sites/ci_master/files/styles/image_original_765/public/afp/1a31b742ca3943798a939fadc65a04e3f5fdf83e.jpg?itok=_CmZ5tQp
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/depeche/turquie-9-membres-du-principal-journal-dopposition-en-detenti
Arrest of #HDP deputies is constitutional necessity: Turkish deputy PM
Deputy Prime Minister and spokesman Numan Kurtulmuş has slammed criticism of the arrests of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lawmakers, recalling the constitutional amendment lifting the impunity of MPs that came into force in June.
▻http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/early-election-in-turkey-is-unlikely-govt-spokesperson.aspx
#Albanie : Erdoğan à la chasse aux réseaux gülenistes
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accentue sa pression sur les autorités albanaises, sommées de faire la chasse aux réseaux gülenistes dans le pays. En ligne de mire, les écoles financées par l’imam.
▻http://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/le-fil-de-l-info/l-albanie-centre-du-gulenisme.html
Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy’s son tortured in custody, handcuffed to hospital bed
Muhammed Cihad Kaya, the son of a pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy who was detained by police at a press meeting in İstanbul, was tortured in custody and handcuffed to a bed in the hospital he was taken to for treatment, his mother has said.
Turchia: prosegue l’epurazione del governo. Arrestati dodici parlamentari
Nelle prime ore del 4 novembre sono stati presi in detenzione cautelare dodici parlamentari appartenenti al Partito Democratico dei Popoli (HDP). Nove di questi sono finiti in diversi centri di detenzione, gli altri tre, invece, sono stati lasciati liberi con la condizionale.
▻http://www.pressenza.com/it/2016/11/turchia-prosegue-lepurazione-del-governo-arrestati-dodici-parlamentari
Les autorités ordonnent la fermeture de 375 ONG
Les autorités turques ont ordonné le 22 novembre 2016 la fermeture permanente de 375 organisations non gouvernementales (ONG) au titre de l’état d’urgence.
▻https://www.amnesty.ch/fr/pays/europe-asie-centrale/turquie/docs/2016/les-autorites-ordonnent-la-fermeture-de-375-ong
3 more Kurdish mayors arrested on terror charges
Five local politicians from Turkey’s eastern province of Bitlis were arrested on terrorism charges on Friday.
Co-mayors of Bitlis and Güroymak imprisoned
BİTLİS – Bitlis Co-mayors Nevin Daşdemir and Hüseyin Olan and Güroymak Co-mayor M.Emin Özkan have been imprisoned.
VOA reporter detained in southeastern Turkey
#Khajijan_Farqin, a freelance reporter working for #Voice_of_America, was detained by Turkish police on Saturday in the predominantly Kurdish province of Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey, according to the VOA website.
WDR-Reporterin in der Türkei festgenommen
Die türkische Polizei hat die international renommierte Journalistin #Hatice_Kamer während der Recherche über ein Grubenunglück festgenommen. Dies bestätigte am Samstag (26.11.2016) ihre Familie dem WDR. Ihr soll fünf Tage lang kein rechtlicher Beistand zugestanden werden.
BBC Turkish reporter detained in Turkey
Hatice Kamer, a reporter working for the BBC Turkish service, was detained in Turkey’s Siirt province on Saturday at a police checkpoint while on her way to report on a landslide at a copper mine.
Solidarité avec les victimes du coup d’État de Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Les membres du groupe musical #Yorum ont d’abord vu leur local perquisitionné et leurs instruments de musique détruits.
Ils et elles ont alors enregistré la vidéo ci-dessous pour montrer que la musique peut survivre aux coups de crosses. Ce pied-de-nez au dictateur Erdoğan a valu à tous les membres de Yorum d’être arrêté(e)s. Ils et elles, comme des dizaines de milliers de militant(e)s politiques, de syndicalistes, de journalistes, d’avocat(e)s, d’intellectuel(le)s sont aujourd’hui en prison.
Solidarité avec les victimes du coup d’État de Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, avec tous/toutes les camarades turques et kurdes persécuté(e)s, détenu(e)s et torturé(e)s !
▻https://lignesdeforce.wordpress.com/2016/11/27/solidarite-avec-les-victimes-du-coup-detat-de-recep-tayyip-
#musique
Turkey’s prison population continues to rise
The number of prisoners stood at 177,262 by the year’s end, an 11.7 percent rise on 12 months earlier. These numbers do not account for the huge rise in inmates in the aftermath of Turkey’s failed military coup attempt of July 15.
Turquie : la #torture « répandue » dans les semaines après le putsch
Les autorités turques ont créé un environnement « propice à la torture » après la tentative de coup d’Etat en juillet, a affirmé vendredi un rapporteur spécial de l’ONU, ajoutant que les sévices étaient « répandus » juste après le putsch.
▻http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1021648/turquie-la-torture-repandue-dans-les-semaines-apres-le-putsch.html
I knew I would be arrested 15 days before: Arrested #HDP co-chair
Arrested People’s Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair #Selahattin_Demirtaş has said he knew he would be arrested 15 days before his arrest, during a visit from a committee of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Nov. 30.
▻http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/i-knew-i-would-be-arrested-15-days-before-arrested-hdp-co-chair-.
Three district mayors detained in Turkey’s southeast
The mayors of three districts of Turkey’s southeastern province of #Hakkari have been detained on Dec. 3, while searches were being conducted in the municipality buildings, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
Municipal logo removed from Diyarbakır City Hall
The logo of the Diyarbakır Municipality was removed on Saturday from the facade of city hall following the arrest last month of elected Co-mayors Gultan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı.
Germany detains senior DKHP-C member wanted by Turkey
Germany has detained a suspected member of the outlawed Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C) in Hamburg, officials said on Dec. 3.
▻http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/germany-detains-senior-dkhp-c-member-wanted-by-turkey.aspx
14 more academics jailed over alleged coup involvement
A total of 14 academics including professors, associate professors and research assistants from the İstanbul-based Yıldız Teknik University were arrested by a Turkish court on Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigation on the Gülen movement.
Arrestation de #Februniye_Akyol, seule maire syriaque du DBP
Le 17 novembre dernier, la co-maire de Mardin, Februniye Akyol a été destituée par le pouvoir central d’Ankara dans le cadre post-coup d’état du 15 juillet 2016. Son collègue, #Ahmet_Türk a été arrêté le 21 novembre pour des charges relevant du terrorisme sous le prisme habituel d’avoir des relations avec le PKK, il est actuellement incarcéré.
Demirtas Being Tortured in Prison: HDP Deputy
Visiting Demirtas in Edirne Maximum Security Prison yesterday alongside MPs Burcu Celik Ozkan and Erol Dora, Danis Bestas made a statement before the meeting.
51 academics from İstanbul University detained, Central Party leader on list
Turkish police on Friday detained 51 academics out of 87 at İstanbul University for whom warrants were issued over links to the Gülen movement.
Asie centrale. La Turquie pourchasse les adeptes de Gülen jusqu’au Turkménistan
Le régime de Gourbangouly Berdymoukhammedov n’a pas d’autre choix que d’obtempérer aux injonctions d’Ankara, sous peine de sombrer économiquement.
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/asie-centrale-la-turquie-pourchasse-les-adeptes-de-gulen-jusq
Turkey silencing independent media: Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Dec. 15 accused Turkey of “silencing” independent media after the failed July 15 coup attempt.
In a report, the U.S.-based rights watchdog said Turkey’s assault on critical journalism began several years ago and had steadily sharpened since 2014, accelerating further since the attempted takeover.
▻http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-silencing-independent-media-human-rights-watch--.aspx?page
Turkish police beat human rights lawyer while under detention
Turkish human rights lawyer #Tugay_Bek, under detention for the past four days, was battered by police officers when he resisted efforts to handcuff him.
Ministry replaces HDP mayor in southern Turkish town with trustee
The Interior Ministry appointed a trustee to the #Akdeniz Municipality in the southern province of Mersin on Dec. 18, replacing detained co-mayor Yüksel Mutlu from the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Doğan News Agency has reported.
Turkey seeks 82.5-year in prison for Vice News journalists on terrorism charges
An indictment has been drawn up by a Diyarbakır prosecutor for two Vice News journalists who were arrested and released in Turkey in 2015, demanding a total of 82.5 years on charges of terrorism.
Police detain HDP MP #Pervin_Buldan in Istanbul
Police on Dec. 23 detained Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MP and deputy parliamentary speaker Pervin Buldan in Istanbul, the party announced in its Twitter account.
▻http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/Default.aspx?pageID=517&nID=107656&NewsCatID=338
VIDEOS. Turquie : après la purge, la dictature ?
La Turquie, une dictature ? Pour certains des opposants au président, c’est incontestable. Dans ce pays aux portes de l’Europe, les libertés individuelles sont, en tout cas, gravement malmenées par le régime de Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
▻http://www.leparisien.fr/politique/insatiable-erdogan-23-12-2016-6487488.php
Turchia, arrestata vicepresidente partito curdo: altre 1682 persone fermate solo questa settimana
#Aysel_Tugluk, è avvocata e difende i 12 deputati arrestati, è accusata di reati legati al terrorismo. Il Parlamento ha revocato l’immunità di quasi tutti i parlamentari dell’HDP
Aysel Tugluk, è avvocata e difende i 12 deputati arrestati, è accusata di reati legati al terrorismo. Il Parlamento ha revocato l’immunità di quasi tutti i parlamentari dell’HDP
▻http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2016/12/26/turchia-arrestata-vicepresidente-partito-curdo-altre-1682-persone-fermate-solo-questa-settimana/3281722
Purges : 6000 personnes limogées, les Turcs de l’étranger menacés
Plus de 6 000 personnes ont été limogées et plus de 80 associations fermées en Turquie, selon trois décrets-lois parus parus au Journal officiel dans la nuit de ce vendredi à ce samedi.
▻http://www.lalsace.fr/actualite/2017/01/07/purges-6000-personnes-limogees-les-turcs-de-l-etranger-menaces
Turkey dismisses another 649 academics, brings total to 6,986
A total of 649 academics were dismissed in three government decrees, issued on Jan.6, 2016, bringing the total number of academics who lost their jobs after a failed coup on July 15 to 6,986.
Professors, associate professors and lecturers from nearly all universities in Turkey were targeted in the government’s post-coup crackdown. Academics were accused of links to the Gülen movement, which the government pinned the blame on for July 15 coup attempt.
▻http://turkeypurge.com/turkey-dismisses-another-649-academics-brings-total-to-6986
Turquie • #Ahmet_Türk risque la mort en prison
142 artistes, auteurES et intellectuelLEs ont lancé un appel pour la libération d’Ahmet Türk, en détention depuis le 24 novembre 2016.
Ahmet Türk a 74 ans. Il est né en 1942 à Mardin. Il vient d’une grande tribu/famille kurde. Sa vie politique a commencé suite à l’assassinat de son grand frère, qui était député en 1984.
A la Une : Turquie, « la plus grande prison du monde » pour les journalistes
Dans son rapport de 2016, Reporters sans frontières recense plus d’une centaine de journalistes enfermés. Les accusations de complicité avec les organisations terroristes sont presque systématiquement mobilisées pour justifier les condamnations et longues périodes de détention provisoire. La peur et les mécanismes d’autocensure se sont durablement installés dans la société et compromettent toujours davantage la liberté d’expression et d’information.
▻http://www.rfi.fr/europe/20170127-turquie-plus-grande-prison-monde-journalistes
Turquie : nouvelle vague de purges, 4.500 fonctionnaires limogés
Parmi les 4.464 personnes expulsées de la fonction publique figurent notamment 2.585 employés du ministère de l’Education, 893 de la gendarmerie, 10 de la Cour de cassation, 10 autres du Haut conseil électoral et 88 de la chaîne de télévision publique TRT.
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/depeche/turquie-nouvelle-vague-de-purges-4500-fonctionnaires-limoges.
The purge turns Turkish academia into a slaughterhouse; Turkey into an ‘intellectual desert’
When I heard the news on late Tuesday night, I did not know who to pity more than the other. I knew a few of the victims, but the first one I thought was a soft-spoken, elderly gentleman; Prof İbrahim Kaboğlu, from Marmara University, a top Turkish expert on constitution and law.
▻http://www.vocaleurope.eu/the-purge-turns-turkish-academia-into-a-slaughterhouse-turkey-into-an-in
Turkey — A Country With Most Educated Prison Population
‘I feel like I have been buried alive’: families live in fear and isolation as Erdoğan leads a witch-hunt
More than 125,000 people have been sacked on suspicion of links to a dissident cleric. Two teachers and a law student describe how this has affected them
▻https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/12/blacklisted-erdogans-witch-hunt-forces-turkish-families-into-world-of-f
Turkey prolongs custody for „Welt“-correspondent
Turkey’s State Attorney prolongs police custody for „Welt“-correspondent Yücel for seven more days. Authorities accuse Yücel of being a member of a terrorist organization and misuse of data.
▻https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article162232961/Turkey-prolongs-custody-for-Welt-correspondent.html
Yucel’s detention points to press restrictions in Turkey
Some members of the foreign press in Turkey told DW that they see the detention of reporter #Deniz_Yucel as an attempt to silence foreign media. They said that working conditions have worsened since the coup attempt.
Owner of closed Kurdish daily detained in Diyarbakır
Ramazan Ölçen, owner of the now-closed-down Kurdish daily Azadiya Welat, was detained in a police raid on his Diyarbakır home on Saturday.
No reason was cited for his detention according to Kurdish news websites.
▻http://www.turkishminute.com/2017/03/04/owner-closed-kurdish-daily-detained-diyarbakir
As Erdoğan turns the screw, we must stand up for human rights in Turkey
Free speech is under fire. Victims of the president’s clampdown need the same kinds of support we once offered dissidents in the Soviet Union
’Sometimes I laugh at this farce’: six writers on life behind bars in Turkey
Six persecuted writers describe the mental and physical toll of living in the country that jails more journalists than any other
▻https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/23/words-from-behind-bars-turkey-persecuted-writers-journalists?CMP=share_
Profs en résistance contre Erdogan
Le putsch manqué de juillet dernier a servi de prétexte aux islamistes turcs pour s’offrir les pleins pouvoirs. Mais, référendum constitutionnel en vue, la résistance prend la rue.
▻https://www.lecourrier.ch/148034/profs_en_resistance_contre_erdogan
Turkey Crackdown Chronicle: Week of April 2, 2017
Police on April 1 immediately arrested journalists jailed in Istanbul and the Mediterranean city of Antalya in the wake of the failed July 2016 military coup as they were released from prison, according to the daily newspaper #Cumhuriyet. Prosecutors had asked Istanbul’s 25th Court for Serious Crimes to release journalists Ahmet Memiş, Bayram Kaya, Cemal Azmi Kalyoncu, Cuma Ulus, Habib Güler, Halil İbrahim Balta, Hanım Büşra Erdal, and Muhammed Said Kuloğlu pending the conclusion of their trial, according to media reports. The court agreed, but prosecutors then appealed that order to the 26th Court for Serious Crimes, which quickly reversed the lower court’s order for their release, and Istanbul counterterrorism police arrested them as soon as they were formally released from Istanbul’s Silivri Prison, according to the press freedom advocacy group Ben Gazeteciyim ("I am a journalist").
▻https://cpj.org/blog/2017/04/turkey-crackdown-chronicle-week-of-april-2-2017.php
Opposition HDP co-chair Yüksekdağ receives one-year jail term
A Turkish court has sentenced #Figen_Yüksekdağ, a co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), to one year in jail on accusations of “making propaganda for a terrorist organization,” state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.
Journalist #Berivan_Altan held in custody for 7 days
MERSİN – Journalist Berivan Altan, who was taken into custody within the scope of an investigation opened against her, has been held in custody for seven days.
▻https://gazetesujin.com/en/2017/04/journalist-berivan-altan-held-in-custody-for-7-days
Photojournalist under arrest for inciting referendum protests
#Kazım_Kızıl, a filmmaker and photojournalist known for his documentaries on human rights violations in Turkey, was put under pre-trial detention after being detained by police while covering protests in the aftermath of an April 16 referendum in İzmir, his lawyer said.
Ankara franchit une étape supplémentaire dans la censure et la répression
Le gouvernement a interdit, samedi, les émissions télévisées de rencontres amoureuses et congédié près de 4 000 fonctionnaires. Le site Wikipédia était lui bloqué.
▻http://www.lemonde.fr/proche-orient/article/2017/04/29/en-une-journee-la-turquie-interdit-les-emissions-tv-de-rencontres-et-limoge-
At least 165 detained during May Day celebrations in İstanbul
At least 165 individuals were detained during the celebrations held on Sunday across Turkey to mark May Day, according to the İstanbul Security General Directorate.
Privé de plébiscite, Erdogan tentera de museler l’opposition par tous les moyens
« Circulez, y a rien à voir » : telle est à peu près la réponse que le pouvoir islamo-nationaliste turc adresse à ceux qui, comme les organisations de gauche et syndicats en ce 1er mai, contestent les résultats du référendum constitutionnel du 16 avril. Quelles qu’aient pu être l’inéquité de la campagne et la réalité des fraudes, le Haut Conseil électoral a rejeté tout recours et affirmé la victoire du oui à 51,41% contre 48,59%. Mais ce mauvais résultat –bien loin du plébiscite espéré– fragilise terriblement le Président Erdogan.
Video-activist and documentarist Kazım Kızıl has been arrested
Documentarist and video-activist for Kamera Sokak, Kazım Kızıl has been arrested and sent to Menemen Prison. On April 17th, Kazım was detained while covering the protests in Izmir, Bornova after the referendum results had been perceived as illegitimate by many citizens. At the Küçükpark Square in Bornova, university students had called for a rally titled “No, We have Won”. The police intervened the rally and detained protesters, not allowing the press to take visuals from the site.
▻https://medium.com/@dokuz8HABER/video-activist-and-journalist-kaz%C4%B1m-k%C4%B1z%C4%B1l-has-been-arrested-4
Turquie: plus de 100 magistrats «proches de Gülen» limogés
Les autorités judiciaires turques ont limogé vendredi plus de 100 magistrats soupçonnés d’appartenir à la mouvance du prédicateur Fethullah Gülen, accusé par Ankara d’avoir ourdi le putsch manqué en juillet dernier, a rapporté l’agence de presse progouvernementale Anadolu.
Femmes exécutées : Günay, Dilek, Dilan, Şirin, Yeliz, Taybet… Sıla
En Turquie, les exécutions de femmes par la police se poursuivent. Après Günay, Dilek, Dilan, Şirin, Yeliz, Taybet, c’est aujourd’hui celle de Sıla…
Turquie : un journaliste français interpellé par les autorités
Un journaliste indépendant français installé depuis plusieurs années en Turquie était retenu mardi par les autorités turques après avoir été interpellé la veille au cours d’un reportage dans le sud-est du pays, a annoncé l’ONG Reporters sans frontières (RSF).
Mathias Depardon, un photojournaliste qui travaille pour plusieurs publications, a été arrêté lundi à Hasankeyf, dans la province de Batman, où il effectuait un reportage pour le magazine National Geographic, a dit à l’AFP Erol Onderoglu, représentant de RSF en Turquie.
« Il est en ce moment en train d’être transféré de Batman dans un centre d’accueil géré par la Direction des affaires migratoires à Gaziantep », une autre province du sud-est, a ajouté M. Onderoglu, qui a pu parler au journaliste français mardi après-midi.
▻https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1050891/turquie-un-journaliste-francais-interpelle-par-les-autorites.html
Turquie • Les grévistes : “Vous nous condamnez à la faim”
Nous ne voulons ni mourir, ni devenir handicapés, ni rester une seule seconde de plus à jeun. Nous sommes très clairs là-dessus.
La seule chose que nous voulons, c’est notre travail. L’affaire est si simple pour nous… Celles et ceux qui nous disent, “ne continuez plus votre grève de la faim, arrêtez”, s’il vous plaît, devraient s’adresser aux bons interlocuteurs. Qu’ils leur disent “Ces personnes sont en grève de la faim depuis tant de jours. Nous ne voulons plus qu’ils continuent, qu’ils subissent des dommages physiques. Vous promulguez des décrets, vous faites des listes de réintégration, ajoutez aussi leurs noms.” C’est si simple, en vérité…
Les “interlocuteurs” se montrent indifférents. Cela fait 180 jours que nous constatons cette attitude, mais nous savons qu’ils voient et qu’ils entendent… Notre action est, en très peu de temps, devenue visible, et elle a atteint l’opinion publique internationale. Il est donc impossible qu’elle ne les ait pas atteint, jusqu’au plus haut placé des interlocuteurs. C’est donc une tactique, mais ce ne sont pas les tactiques qui font gagner les guerres. C’est une guerre d’usure. Nous sommes convaincus de la gagner avec le soutien du peuple, nous en sommes sûrs. Plus encore, nous devons accentuer la pression sur eux, pour que le délai ne se rallonge pas. Nous gagnerons de toutes façons, mais ce serait sensé de gagner avant d’avoir des dégâts corporels, et avant d’arriver à la frontière de la mort…
Que personne ne pense, ” A quoi servirait ce que je peux faire [à mon niveau] ?”, chacun peut faire des choses, et chaque chose est précieuse pour nous. Ne serait-ce que le fait de parler de notre résistance et de notre grève, à une nouvelle personne, est précieux pour nous. .
Pour terminer, nous voudrions exprimer ceci : nous aurions préféré ne pas faire une grève de la faim. Personne ne veut faire souffrir son corps. Mais nous voulons que ceux qui voient cette grève de la faim comprennent, ici, qu’il y a une lutte pour le pain. Nous voulons leur rappeler ce qu’est cette lutte de survie. Ce qui a construit l’histoire, c’est la lutte pour le pain et le combat pour la dignité.
150 mille fonctionnaires sont licenciéEs et personne ne dit rien. Les gens se suicident ! Dans les deux derniers mois, 37 personnes se sont suicidées. Ce tableau n’est-il pas terrifiant ? Justement, nous voulons mettre fin à ce tableau. La grève de la faim est le cri qui détruira un tel tableau. Il faut que les êtres humains se rappellent ce qu’est la lutte pour le pain, et qu’il s’agit d’une lutte pour la dignité. Il faut qu’ils comprennent ce que cela signifie, que quelques-uns puissent lever leur voix, au lieu de se soumettre.
C’est, aussi, hisser le drapeau de la résistance, face à la décomposition, à l’altération de la société, et à des attaques qui ciblent nos valeurs communes.”
“Nous nourrissons notre âme par la faim.”
Déclaration des médecins
Nuriye et Semih en sont au 63ème jour de leur grève. Ayant eu un malaise la veille, Nuriye n’a pas pu venir hier, sur le point de rendez-vous du boulevard Yüksel, à Ankara, son “espace de résistance” comme elle aime l’appeler.
La Chambre des Médecins a fait une déclaration pour attirer l’attention sur la dégradation de santé de Nuriye et Semih. Particulièrement Nuriye, ces deux derniers jours. La déclaration souligne, en résumé : “Le 45è jour, cap critique d’une grève de la faim est largement dépassé. Des irrégularités de tension et de pouls, perte de défenses immunitaires, les résultats d’analyses de sang sont inquiétants. Des perturbations dans les humeurs et les fonctions motrices et intellectuelles. Nous constatons les symptômes du syndrome Wernicke-Korsakoff1. 10 à 15% des personnes atteintes de cette maladie perdent leur vie et 77% périssent du fait d’infections dans les périodes qui suivent.”
Grève de la faim des enseignants en Turquie
▻https://www.rtbf.be/auvio/detail_greve-de-la-faim-des-enseignants-en-turquie?id=2213057
Açlık grevinde 65. gün: ’Bizi açlığa mahkûm etmelerine izin vermek zorunda değiliz’
675 ve 679 sayılı Kanun Hükmünde Kararnameler ile işlerinden ihraç edilen akademisyen Nuriye Gülmen ile ilkokul öğretmeni Semih Özakça’nın açlık grevlerinde bugün 65’inci gün.
Giornalismo indipendente in Turchia: arrestato il direttore dell’edizione online di #Cumhuriyet
Un altro giorno nero per il giornalismo indipendente in Turchia: #Oğuz_Güven, direttore dell’edizione online del noto quotidiano turco Cumhuriyet, è stato arrestato. Trattenuto in una stazione di polizia, non è chiaro se sarà interrogato riguardo ad altre questioni. Güven, secondo il suo avvocato, è stato arrestato a causa di un titolo sulla morte di un procuratore della provincia di Denizli.
Turkey seeks arrests at opposition newspaper #Sozcu
Turkish authorities have issued arrest warrants for the owner and three employees of the opposition daily Sozcu. Officials accuse the newspaper of supporting people allegedly involved in last July’s failed coup.
Campagne de solidarité avec #Özgür_Gündem : la condamnation de #Murat_Çelikkan est un “précédent inquiétant”
La pression monte contre les participants à la campagne de solidarité avec le journal pro-kurde Özgür Gündem : pour la première fois, l’un d’entre eux, le journaliste Murat Çelikkan, a été condamné à de la prison ferme le 16 mai 2017. Le procès du représentant de Reporters sans frontières (RSF), poursuivi dans la même affaire, reprend le 8 juin.
Turquie : ouverture du procès des instigateurs présumés du coup d’Etat
Le procès de plus de 200 instigateurs présumés du putsch manqué du 15 juillet dernier s’est ouvert lundi sous haute sécurité dans une prison près d’Ankara, aux abords de laquelle des dizaines de manifestants ont réclamé la peine de mort pour les accusés.
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/depeche/turquie-ouverture-du-proces-des-instigateurs-presumes-du-coup
Turquie : plus de 4.000 #juges et #procureurs limogés
Plus de 4.000 juges et procureurs ont été limogés en Turquie après le coup avorté de juillet et tous les personnels du corps judiciaire ont été passés au crible pour déterminer d’éventuels liens avec les putschistes, a annoncé vendredi le ministre la justice.
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/depeche/turquie-plus-de-4000-juges-et-procureurs-limoges.afp.com.2017
Lawyer #Ebru_Timtik taken into custody
Ebru Timtik, one of the lawyers of the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD), was taken into custody at Sabiha Gökçen Airport in Istanbul.
Ebru Timtik, one of the lawyers of the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD), which was shut down by KHK decree, was taken into custody at Sabiha Gökçen Airport in Istanbul about one hour ago. Reason for detention of Ebru is unknown yet.
Arrestato il presidente di Amnesty International Turchia
#Taner_Kiliç fermato nella sua abitazione a Smirne con l’accusa di legami col movimento dell’imam esule Gulen. Anche le organizzazioni umanitarie nel mirino della repressione avviata da Erdogan dopo il fallito golpe. E’ stato anche l’avvocato di Gabriele Del Grande, il giornalista italiano trattenuto per giorni al confine con la Siria
►http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2017/06/06/news/arrestato_il_presidente_di_amnesty_international_turchia-167443563/?ref=twhr×tamp=1496790815000
#Taner_Kilic a été l’avocat de #Gabriele_Del_Grande quand ce dernier a été arrêté en Turquie...
Turkey arrests Amnesty International head and lawyers in Gulenist sweep
Police detained Taner Kiliç and 22 other lawyers on suspicion of ties to the movement of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen
▻https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/07/turkey-arrests-amnesty-international-head-and-lawyers-in-gulenist-sweep
Le chef d’Amnesty en Turquie a été arrêté
Taner Kiliç a été arrêté mardi par Ankara qui le soupçonne de liens avec la mouvance du prédicateur Fethullah Gülen.
Chair of Amnesty International Turkey swept up in post-coup purge
Responding to the news that Taner Kiliç, the Chair of Amnesty International Turkey, was today detained by police along with 22 other lawyers in Izmir on suspicion of having links with the Fethullah Gülen movement, Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said:
▻https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/06/chair-of-amnesty-international-turkey-swept-up-in-post-coup-purge
«Ascoltate la Turchia che ha paura»
Il 6 giugno le autorità hanno arrestato a Smirne Taner Kiliç, presidente di Amnesty International nel Paese. Ne abbiamo parlato con Riccardo Noury, il portavoce dell’Ong in Italia.
▻http://letteradonna.it/305564/intervista-riccardo-noury-amnesty-international-arresto-turchia-preside
Journalist faces 22.5-year imprisonment after 13-month arrest
Journalist #Nedim_Türfent will stand trial 13 months after his arrest due to his news coverage during the curfews in Yüksekova. The first hearing of the case will be held at Hakkari 2nd High Criminal Court on June 14th. Türfent faces an imprisonment claim up to 22 years and six months.
The indictment of the case against Türfent presents news coverage, visuals recorded and social media posts by the journalist as crime evidence for the charges of “illegal organization membership” and “illegal organization propaganda.”
La Turchia sotto accusa: «Giudice Onu in cella nonostante l’immunità»
#Aydin_Akay arrestato 9 mesi fa con l’accusa di aver appoggiato il golpe. Pressioni internazionali per liberarlo
VIDEO. #Mathias_Depardon : « On peut parler aujourd’hui de dictature en Turquie »
Le photojournaliste français Mathias Depardon, détenu pendant un mois en Turquie après avoir été arrêté pendant un reportage dans le sud-est du pays, est rentré vendredi 9 juin en France. Il a livré son témoignage en longueur, samedi 10 juin, sur France Inter.
Lors de cet entretien le photojournaliste revient sur les conditions de sa libération : « Je l’ai appris vendredi vers 13h, suite à la visite du sous-directeur du centre de rétention de Gaziantep, et j’ai été libéré du centre une heure après. J’ai du rédiger une lettre témoignant que je souhaitais être expulsé vers la France. »
▻http://mobile.francetvinfo.fr/monde/turquie/video-mathias-depardon-on-peut-parler-aujourd-hui-de-dictature-en-turquie_2230659.html#xtor=CS2-765-%5Btwitter%5D-&xtref=https://t.co/Bq5ZMnbvk7
Court accepts indictment demanding 2 consecutive life sentences for 13 journalists
An indictment drafted by the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office that seeks two consecutive life sentences for 13 people, including prominent Turkish journalists and pop singer Atilla Taş, on coup charges, was accepted by the 25th High Criminal Court in İstanbul on Friday, CNNTürk reported.
17 journalists to be tried in Istanbul for “complicity” in coup attempt
The trial of 17 Turkish journalists accused of complicity in a coup attempt in July 2016 will open in Istanbul on 19 June. Six of them, including Ahmet Altan, Mehmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak, are currently detained. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for their immediate release because they are being held for criticizing the government.
Turkey: Rights Groups to monitor criminal trial against journalists accused of participating in coup
On 19 June, the first hearing will take place in a trial concerning 17 defendants, including a number of journalists. Among the defendants are prominent novelists and political commentators, #Ahmet_Altan, #Mehmet_Altan and #Nazlı_Ilıcak. The case is the first trial of journalists accused of taking part in last year’s failed coup attempt, and may shed light on how the courts will approach numerous cases concerning the right to freedom of expression and the right to a fair trial under the state of emergency.
▻https://www.article19.org/img.php?f=/data/images/Altans.jpg&p=toWidth&o=jpg&a[width]=512
▻https://www.article19.org/resources.php/resource/38798/en/turkey:-rights-groups-to-monitor-criminal-trial-against-journalists-accus
#procès
Le pouvoir par l’arbitraire
Manuela Honegger et Ilias Panchard ont assisté aux procès des élus du parti pro-kurde HDP. Ils décrivent une Turquie livrée au pouvoir discrétionnaire du président Erdogan.
▻https://www.lecourrier.ch/151008/le_pouvoir_par_l_arbitraire
Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge and Erdogan’s Private Army
The Turkish president has brutally cleansed ranks and is building a new army with some strange bedfellows.
▻http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/07/13/turkeys-post-coup-purge-and-erdogans-private-army-sadat-perincek-gule
Turquie : plus de 7.000 policiers, soldats, et membres de ministères limogés, selon des médias
Plus de 7.000 officiers de police, soldats et membres de ministères ont été limogés en Turquie, selon un nouveau décret publié vendredi dans le cadre de l’état d’urgence imposé après le putsch manqué de juillet dernier, ont rapporté des médias turcs.
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/depeche/nouvelle-purge-en-turquie-avant-lanniversaire-du-putsch-manqu
Turkey: Free Peaceful Rights Defenders
(New York) – The recent arrest of 10 human rights activists is a “hammer blow to Turkey’s besieged civil society and an ominous indicator of the direction Turkey is heading in,” the leaders of five international organizations said today in an open letter to the Turkish government.
▻https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/styles/1070w/public/multimedia_images_2017/201707eca_turkey_defenders.jpg?itok=x4uLfPyJ
▻https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/07/13/turkey-free-peaceful-rights-defenders
Turkey’s “#black_list” casts a long shadow
Independent Turkish news sources have reported a rumoured “black list” of Turkish journalists they fear police will arrest in coming weeks. The rumour comes as 12 news websites are blocked, journalists are fired from their jobs, and radio and television channels affiliated with the Hizmet movement are banned.
Turkey’s European Future at a Crossroad: Where do we go from here?
In the run-up to Turkey’s April 2017 referendum on a constitutional change, which will enshrine an unprecedented concentration of power – by the standards of any democracy – in the President’s hands, talk has been rife about a suspension of Turkey’s accession process. The chorus became louder when, upon his narrow victory by 1% of the vote, President Recep Tayyıp Erdoğan floated, yet again, the prospect of reinserting the death penalty. In a rather muted victory night, the President hinted at the possibility of two further referenda, one on the death penalty and another on the suspension of EU accession talks. The storm somewhat calmed when the Gymnich informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Malta in late April, at which Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoğlu was invited, came and went without breaking news. Likewise, Erdoğan’s meeting with Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk – taking place on the heels of a reportedly disastrous meeting between Erdoğan and US President Donald Trump only a few days before – was fairly constructive. But the question remains: has the time come to end to Turkey’s moribund accession process? To suspend or not to suspend. That is the question.
▻http://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/turkeys-european-future-crossroad-where-do-we-go-here?platform=hootsuite
ECtHR drops 12,600 post-coup rights complaints from Turkey after gov’t established watchdog
Turkey’s Ministry of Justice has said with the establishment of a state of emergency (OHAL) commission, 12,600 cases currently awaiting review at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) have been dropped by the court, the t24 news website reported on Friday.
▻https://turkeypurge.com/ecthr-drops-12600-post-coup-rights-complaints-from-turkey-after-govt-es
Sous état d’urgence : une année noire pour les journalistes en Turquie
Un an après la tentative de putsch en Turquie, Reporters sans frontières (RSF) dresse un état des lieux accablants pour la liberté de la presse. Le gouvernement de Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a profité de l’état d’urgence pour intensifier sa chasse aux voix critiques. Le journalisme est aujourd’hui à l’agonie.
▻https://rsf.org/fr/actualites/sous-etat-durgence-une-annee-noire-pour-les-journalistes-en-turquie
Turchia, tutti i dubbi sulle accuse agli attivisti
Dieci attivisti arrestati per «sostegno al terrorismo» nella Turchia delle purghe e dei sospetti emersa dal fallito golpe del luglio 2016. Nuove accuse che sollevano dubbi e sconcerto
▻https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/aree/Turchia/Turchia-tutti-i-dubbi-sulle-accuse-agli-attivisti-181396
Journalist Ahmet Şık Behind Bars for 200 Days
Friends of Ahmet Şık have made a call for journalist Ahmet Şık demanding his release on the 200th day of his arrest.
▻http://bianet.org/english/media/188402-journalist-ahmet-sik-behind-bars-for-200-days
Turquie. La presse libre guillotinée à Ankara
Ce lundi 24 juillet s’ouvre le procès de dix-sept journalistes et responsables du grand quotidien #Cumhuriyet, l’un des derniers journaux d’opposition encore en activité dans une Turquie toujours plus étroitement contrôlée par Recep Tayyip Erdogan, qui tient le couperet dans ce dessin.
Detention Warrant Allegedly Issued for 4 Rights Advocates
Detention warrants have been allegedly issued for four rights advocates who were detained in Büyükada and released on probation. Their attorneys said that they haven’t been informed.
Cumhuriyet trial: Background and Resources
Representatives from free expression watchdogs to monitor Cumhuriyet trial in Istanbul where 17 defendants face up to 43 years in prison on charges over criticism of Turkey’s government
▻https://ipi.media/cumhuriyet-trial-background-and-resources
My father and press freedom are on trial in Turkey – don’t look away, Europe
The trial of 12 imprisoned Cumhuriyet newspaper journalists is a warning that democracy and human rights are fragile everywhere
Musa Kart’s opening statement at trial
Cartoonist Must Kart’s trial on charges pertaining to terrorism commenced in Istanbul yesterday. Like all the co-accused from Cumhuriyet newspaper he read a prepared statement in his own defence. According to those there to hear them, Musa’s wry comments were greeted with laughter in the public gallery. He also showed some of his cartoons as evidence of his impartiality, something long-time readers of CRNI’s coverage will recognise.
▻https://cartoonistsrights.org/musa-karts-opening-statement-at-trial
Ulmer Journalistin sitzt mit Sohn (2) und 24 Frauen in Zelle
Die türkischen Behörden werfen der Ulmer Journalistin #Mesale_Tolu Terrorpropaganda vor. Im Mai stürmen sie ihre Wohnung. Seitdem sitzen sie und ihr Sohn in Istanbul im Gefängnis. Von Katharina Dodel
Global Condemnation for Turkey’s Detention of Innocent Digital Security Trainers
The detention of a group of human rights defenders in Turkey for daring to learn about digital security and encryption continued last week with a brief appearance of the accused in an Istanbul court. Six were returned to jail, and four released on bail. In an additionally absurd twist, the four released activists were named in new detention orders on Friday, and are now being re-arrested.
▻https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/07/global-condemnation-turkeys-detention-innocent-digital-security-trainers
Turkey, Cumhuriyet on trial
The trial has started in Istanbul for Cumhuriyet journalists and administrators, accused of terrorism. The voices from the courtroom in the debate symbol of the concerning state of relationships between journalism and power in Turkey
In Turkey, Freedom of Expression is in the Dock
Journalists’ Trial Part of Vicious Crackdown on Independent Voices
▻https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/07/26/turkey-freedom-expression-dock
Turquie : 7 collaborateurs du journal Cumhuriyet sortent de prison
Sept collaborateurs du quotidien turc d’opposition Cumhuriyet sont sortis de prison samedi matin après plus de huit mois derrière les barreaux et ont souhaité que leurs quatre collègues toujours détenus soient prochainement libérés.
Turchia, rinviato all’11 settembre processo a giornalisti Cumhuriyet. Intervista a Mariano Giustino, corrispondente di Radio Radicale
Articolo 21 ha seguito tutte le fasi del dibattimento iniziato il 24 luglio raccontando sia quanto avveniva in aula che all’esterno del Palazzo di Giustizia dove si è radunata una folla di operatori dell’informazione, politici, sindacalisti, attivisti e semplici lettori e cittadini che non hanno voluto lasciare, come abbiamo fatto noi di Articolo 21 dall’Italia, soli redattori, amministratori e avvocati dello storico quotidiano di opposizione.
▻https://www.articolo21.org/2017/07/turchia-rinviato-all11-settembre-processo-a-giornalisti-cumhuriyet-inter
Turchia, « #Penguen » chiude le ali
Il 28 maggio scorso è uscito l’ultimo numero della rivista a fumetti «Penguen», punto di riferimento della satira politica e sociale in Turchia. Ne parliamo col disegnatore Serkan Altuniğne
Turkey: Investigate Ankara Abductions, Disappearances
(London) – Turkish authorities should urgently investigate the abduction and possible enforced disappearance of at least four men in Ankara since March 2017, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül.
▻https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/08/03/turkey-investigate-ankara-abductions-disappearances
Le journaliste #Loup_Bureau mis en examen en Turquie pour « terrorisme » : « Une situation alarmante »
Selon Martin Pradel, l’un de ses avocats, « un cap a été franchi » par les autorités turques dans la répression des journalistes occidentaux.
▻http://mobile.lemonde.fr/international/article/2017/08/03/le-journaliste-loup-bureau-inculpe-en-turquie-pour-terrorisme-une-situation-alarmante_5168264_3210.html?xtref=https://t.co/nYDdFB4Gks
Cumhuriyet trial, Musa Kart gives his statement
The deposition of Cumhuriyet’s cartoonist in the trial accusing him and other journalists of “terrorism” becomes a “manifesto” on the role of journalism and satire in nowadays Turkey
▻https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Turkey/Cumhuriyet-trial-Musa-Kart-gives-his-statement-181700
Mandats d’arrêt d’Ankara contre 35 personnes
Les autorités ont déjà arrêté des collaborateurs de médias nationaux, qu’elles soupçonnent d’avoir utilisé une application de messagerie cryptée.
▻https://www.lecourrier.ch/151660/mandats_d_arret_d_ankara_contre_35_personnes
#Loup_Bureau, déjà quinze jours dans les geôles d’Erdogan
Depuis quinze jours, un nouveau journaliste français se trouve derrière les barreaux en Turquie. Et cette fois, Ankara a franchi un pas dans la répression. Loup Bureau, 27 ans, ne se trouve pas en rétention. Cela avait été mon cas pendant trois jours en novembre 2016, puis deux jours en avril 2017, et le cas de Mathias Depardon, retenu pendant un mois au printemps dernier. Loup Bureau, lui, se trouve en détention, dans une prison, accusé de terrorisme. Sa famille s’impatiente, trouve les autorités françaises bien en retrait, et raconte un jeune homme déterminé, dont la vocation professionnelle se trouve à l’exact opposé de la conception de la presse cultivée par les autorités turques.
Turchia, arrestati 35 tra giornalisti e intellettuali. Fermato in Spagna #Hoamza_Yalcin, protesta di Rsf e Federazione internazionale stampa
A poche settimane dalla prima sentenza del regime del bavaglio turco nel processo a 19 dipendenti del quotidiano di opposizione Cumhuriyet, che ha rinviato a giudizio 12 di loro tra cui editore, giornalisti e consulenti legali e amministrativi, una nuova ondata di arresti si abbatte sul mondo dell’informazione e della cultura in Turchia.
▻https://www.articolo21.org/2017/08/turchia-arrestati-35-tra-giornalisti-e-intellettuali-fermato-in-spagna-h
Ma collègue Idil est en prison
Ma collègue #Idil_Eser est en prison depuis le début de l’été. Son crime ? Aucun. Elle est la directrice d’Amnesty International en Turquie.
▻https://www.amnesty.ch/fr/contacts/media/opinions/docs/2017/copy_of_turquie-pouvoir-renforce-presse-laminee
Indian political cartoonist portrays forced disappearances of Turkey’s purge
Aseem Trivedi, an Indian free speech activist and cartoonist, has drawn cartoons of 13 Turkish citizens who have allegedly been abducted or disappeared after a coup attempt on July 15, 2016 in Turkey.
Defendants in Sep 11 #Cumhuriyet17 trial face up to 43 yrs. See how long #Turkey's government wants each one jailed
▻https://ipi.media/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-Cumhuriyet-Trial-Defendants.pdf
Turkey: A year on from the coup attempt, journalists are still being labelled terrorists
In the year since the failed coup attempt on 15 July 2016, Turkey has cemented its position as the largest jailer of journalists in the world, with around 166 journalists in prison by the end of June 2017.
Processo Cumhuriyet, gli imputati restano in carcere
Riprende a Istanbul il processo ai lavoratori del quotidiano Cumhuriyet, accusati di terrorismo. Gli imputati in carcere restano dietro le sbarre, su richiesta dell’accusa. La cronaca del nostro corrispondente
Turkey: Court rules that Cumhuriyet journalists will remain under arrest
▻https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2017/09/turkey-cumhuriyet-journalists-remain-arrest
Turquie : un journaliste remis en liberté, 4 restent détenus
Un tribunal d’Istanbul a ordonné lundi la remise en liberté du journaliste turc #Kadri_Gürsel et le maintien en détention de quatre de ses collègues accusés dans le cadre du procès controversé de dix-sept collaborateurs du quotidien d’opposition #Cumhuriyet.
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/depeche/turquie-un-journaliste-remis-en-liberte-4-restent-detenus.afp
69 more detained across Turkey over Gülen links
Turkish police on Saturday detained 69 more people as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news agency (AA) reported.
Chiesti fino a 16 anni di carcere per 11 difensori dei diritti umani, tra cui la direttrice e il presidente di Amnesty International
“Un’accusa oltraggiosa che non si basa su alcuna nuova prova e che invece ripropone accuse assurde di terrorismo nei confronti di alcuni dei più importanti difensori dei diritti umani della Turchia“.
▻https://www.amnesty.it/chiesti-16-anni-carcere-11-difensori-dei-diritti-umani-cui-la-direttrice-pre
Wall Street Journal Reporter Sentenced to Prison by Turkish Court
Conviction on terrorist propaganda charges highlights government’s increased targeting of journalists; reporter to appeal decision
▻https://www.wsj.com/articles/wall-street-journal-reporter-sentenced-to-prison-by-turkish-court-1507663509
#Murat_Arslan, giudice detenuto, ha vinto il premio Václav Havel per i diritti umani 2017
L’Assemblea parlamentare del Consiglio d’Europa (PACE) ha annunciato nella sua sessione plenaria di oggi a Strasburgo (Francia) che il vincitore del Premio Václav Havel per i Diritti Umani 2017 è Murat Arslan, giudice turco, presidente di #YARSAV, associazione indipendente dei giudici turchi, in prigione dal 19 ottobre 2016.
Turchia, a processo giornalisti dell’inchiesta sulle mail che accusavano il genero di Erdogan mentre continuano le retate della polizia
Ennesima retata in Turchia, solito silenzio dell’Europa e degli altri attori internazionali che non riescono a frenare le repressione di ogni libertà individuale e collettiva voluta dal presidente Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
#Osman_Kavala, Turkish democracy on the anvil
Now, after two weeks of being held in detention, Osman Kavala is faced with trumped up charges and ridiculous fabrications with the intention of incarcerating him for years.
▻https://www.opendemocracy.net/anthony-barnett/osman-kavala-turkish-democracy-on-anvil
Chasse aux réseaux gülenistes : un enseignant turc arrêté au Kosovo
Au lendemain de la visite du procureur général d’Ankara au Kosovo, un enseignant turc d’une école güleniste a été arrêté à Prizren avant d’être transféré et placé en détention à Pristina. La Turquie a remis aux autorités kosovares une liste de 25 ressortissants turcs dont elle demande l’#extradition.
Turkish Court Issues Detention Warrant for US Scholar #Henri_Barkey
An Istanbul court issued a detention warrant for U.S. scholar Henri Barkey after a demand by the office of Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor over charges of plotting July 15 coup with a group of scholars and philanthropists at a workshop during the coup night in an island in the Marmara Sea.
▻http://turkey.theglobepost.com/henri-barkey-detention-turkey
In carcere il presidente di Amnesty Turchia: parla la figlia
#Taner_Kiliç, il presidente di Amnesty Turchia è in carcere dal 9 giugno con l’accusa assurda di essere membro di una “organizzazione terroristica armata”. In realtà è perseguitato soltanto a causa del suo lavoro per i diritti umani. Taner ha difeso anche Gabriele del Grande quando è stato fermato ad aprile del 2017. Taner ha dedicato la vita alla difesa dei diritti umani di giornalisti, attivisti e di altre voci libere nel suo paese e nel mondo. Ora tocca a noi fare qualcosa per aiutarlo.
Turquie : le leader prokurde #Demirtas maintenu en détention
Un tribunal turc a décidé jeudi de maintenir en détention le leader prokurde #Selahattin_Demirtas, farouche opposant du président Recep Tayyip Erdogan, au premier jour de son procès pour activités « terroristes », qui inquiète les défenseurs des droits de l’homme.
▻https://www.courrierinternational.com/depeche/turquie-le-leader-prokurde-demirtas-maintenu-en-detention.afp
Pour archivage :
Mon témoignage sur la Turquie de M. Erdogan
Conseillère régionale Auvergne Rhône Alpes du Rassemblement RCES et secrétaire nationale du Parti de Gauche, Corinne Morel Darleux revient de Turquie où elle voulait assister au procès de la militante féministe et socialiste #Figen_Yuksekdag, députée et co-fondatrice du HDP. Elle en a été empêchée. Voici son témoignage.
▻https://blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/les-invites-de-mediapart/article/200917/mon-temoignage-sur-la-turquie-de-m-erdogan
Procès HDP à Ankara : De lourdes peines requises
Des observateurs internationaux sont rentrés scandalisés d’un procès qu’ils qualifient de “parodie” avec de lourdes peines requises contre les co-présidents du HDP, le Parti Démocratique des Peuples.
Jean-Paul Lecoq pour le Parti Communiste Français, Corinne Morel-Darleux et Jean-Christophe Sellin pour le Parti de Gauche, Sylvie Jan et Michel Laurent pour l’association France-Kurdistan se sont rendus les 6 et 7 décembre 2017 à Ankara pour les procès de Figen Yüksekdağ et Selahattin Demirtaş, les deux co-présidents du HDP, le Parti Démocratique des Peuples. Le HDP avait obtenu 14% des voix lors des élections nationales en juin 2015.
Turkish interior minister : 55,665 jailed, 234,419 passports revoked over Gülen links
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu on Tuesday said 55,665 people have been jailed and 234,419 passports have been revoked as part of investigations into the faith-based Gülen movement since a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016, DHA reported.
▻https://www.turkishminute.com/2017/12/12/turkish-interior-minister-55665-jailed-234419-passports-revoked-over-
Pro-Kurdish DIHA reporter gets 8 years, 9 months on terrorism charges
#Nedim_Türfent, a reporter for the now defunct pro-Kurdish #Dicle_News_Agency (#DIHA), was sentenced to eight years, nine months in prison on Friday.
Turquie : libération conditionnelle d’une journaliste allemande
Une journaliste et traductrice allemande a été remise en liberté conditionnelle lundi après avoir passé huit mois en prison dans le cadre d’un procès pour activités « terroristes », une affaire qui a tendu les rapports entre Ankara et Berlin.
#Mesale_Tolu, 33 ans, a été sortie de la prison pour femmes de #Bakirköy, à Istanbul dans l’après-midi, puis amenée au commissariat d’où elle a été libérée dans la soirée, quelques heures après qu’un tribunal eut ordonné sa libération conditionnelle, a constaté un journaliste de l’AFP.
#Zaman journalists remain in prison after second hearing
Thirty-one people, mostly Zaman journalists, appeared before a judge for the second time on 8 December on charges of aiding Turkey’s failed coup attempt of 15 July 2016 in a session held in the courtroom on the territory of the Silivri Prison Complex, which is currently home to some 150 journalists.
Turkish teacher with newborn baby to serve 15 months for praising terrorism
#Ayşe_Çelik, a Turkish teacher who was sentenced to one year, three months in prison for praising terrorism and a terrorist organization in 2016, was notified on Friday that she, along with her 2-month-old baby, would begin to serve her sentence in 10 days, human rights advocate Omer Faruk Gergerlioğlu reported on Twitter.
▻https://www.turkishminute.com/2017/12/23/turkish-teacher-with-newborn-baby-to-serve-15-months-for-praising-ter
#Ayse_Celik
#nettoyage et #remplacement :
Turkey to hire 110,000 new public servants in 2018
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Sunday that Turkey would employ an additional 110,000 public servants in 2018 including teachers, medical and religious personnel.
▻https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-jobs/turkey-to-hire-110000-new-public-servants-in-2018-idUSKBN1EI0FM
Nouvelle purge en Turquie : 2.700 personnes renvoyées
La Turquie a ordonné dimanche le #limogeage de plus de 2.700 personnes travaillant dans des institutions publiques en raison de prétendus liens avec des organisations « terroristes », nouvelle vague de purges depuis le coup d’Etat avorté de 2016.
▻https://www.courrierinternational.com/depeche/nouvelle-purge-en-turquie-2700-personnes-renvoyees.afp.com.20
What is happening in Turkey; A Genocide in the Making?
In this video, I examine the current situation in Turkey. After almost a year since the coup attempt, democracy in Turkey is now very weak. In fact, the purge is getting worse every day and it’s difficult to say whether there is any light at the end of the tunnel.
►https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBPtB-KETNs&sns=tw
Un #rapport cité dans la vidéo:
Demonizing the hizmet movement through media in turkey
▻http://admin.dialogueplatform.eu/demonizing-the-hizmet-movement-through-media
Turquie, les conséquences de la grande purge
Avec Dorothée Schmid, chercheur, responsable du programme Turquie contemporaine et Moyen-Orient à l’Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI) et auteur de La Turquie en 100 questions, aux éditions Tallandier.
▻http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20171226-turquie-consequences-grande-purge?ref=tw_i
Turquie : quatre collaborateurs de « Cumhuriyet » maintenus en détention
Le procès de 17 membres de cette publication d’opposition, jugés pour « activités terroristes », cristallise les inquiétudes liées à l’érosion de la liberté de la presse dans le pays.
#Selahattin_Demirtaş : “Plutôt le linceul que l’#uniforme”
Le décret du 24 décembre impose la généralisation d’un uniforme dans les lieux d’incarcération et devant les tribunaux, pour les prisonniers accusés de terrorisme. Voici à ce sujet une déclaration de Selahattin Demirtaş, contre cette ignominie supplémentaire connue sous son appellation en turc “tenue unique”, dans les prisons.
Selahattin Demirtaş, coprésident du HDP, incarcéré dans la prison de type F d’Edirne depuis novembre 2016, a communiqué par l’intermédiaire de ses avocats, une déclaration, le 24 décembre, en réaction au décret à valeur de loi, imposant l’uniforme dans les prisons.
▻http://www.kedistan.net/2017/12/26/demirtas-plutot-linceul-que-uniforme
Obtenir un #permis_de_tuer en Turquie
Les derniers décrets à valeur de loi n°695 et 696, annoncés le 24 décembre 2017 en Turquie, ne se contentent pas de prononcer de nouvelles purges. Ils promettent une quasi immunité aux “civils” qui feraient preuve de “civisme” anti-terroriste.
Two Turkish journalists jailed for act of solidarity with Kurdish newspaper “Özgür Gündem”
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the 18-month prison sentences that an Istanbul court passed today on two journalists, #Ragıp_Duran and #Ayşe_Düzkan, for taking part in a campaign of solidarity in 2016 with Özgür Gündem, a Kurdish newspaper that was the victim of judicial persecution.
▻https://ifex.org/turkey/2018/01/17/journalists-jailed
#Ragip_Duran and #Ayse_Düzkan
Turkey extends state of emergency for sixth time
The Turkish Parliament on Thursday passed a prime ministry motion extending a state of emergency for another three months, the sixth such extension since it was originally put in force in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
▻https://www.turkishminute.com/2018/01/18/turkey-extends-state-of-emergency-for-sixth-time
#Etat_d'urgence
Journalists detained after criticizing Turkey’s Syria incursion
Istanbul, January 23, 2018 —The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the detention of at least four journalists in Turkey after they criticized its incursion into northern Syria, and urged Turkish authorities to release the journalists and allow the media to report without fear of reprisal.
▻https://cpj.org/2018/01/journalists-detained-after-criticizing-turkeys-syr.php
Activist Detained in Turkey for Tweets. Turkey Censors Criticism of Military Operation in Syria
The Turkish government’s intolerance of criticism knows few bounds.
Police detained writer and human rights activist #Nurcan_Baysal from her house in Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey, late Sunday. As I write this she remains in custody.
She has been detained in connection with her tweets calling for peace and condemning the Turkish government’s military incursion in the northwest Syrian enclave of Afrin, her lawyer told Human Rights Watch. Afrin is under the control of Kurdish forces, which Ankara has long opposed.
Baysal is among 30 people detained in Diyarbakır for their social media posts. The city’s chief prosecutor’s office announced those tweeting had, “spread propaganda for armed terrorist organizations … and a call for provocative actions.”
Après des mois d’archivage de nouvelles concernant les purges en Turquie, je découvre ce site, qui fait justement ce travail d’archivage :
#Turkey_purge
Il y a aussi la liste des #décret-loi :
Et plein de nouvelles et informations...
Journalist Oktay Candemir detained in eastern Turkey
#Oktay_Candemir, a former reporter for the pro-Kurdish DIHA news agency was detained in the eastern province of Van on Monday.
Candemir was taken into custody due to his reports on Turkey’s recent offensive in Syria’s Afrin, ANF said.
On Jan 22, Turkish troops entered Afrin area, which is controlled by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) extension PYD. While most political parties in Turkey welcomed the offensive, police have detained, among others, many journalists for criticizing the operation since then
The Remarkable Scale of Turkey’s “Global Purge”
In October of last year, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke at a gathering of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) about the steps that have been taken so far to eliminate the Islamic movement of the exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen whom he blames for organizing the July 15, 2016, coup attempt. After describing some of the domestic measures that he has pursued to stamp out the group, known officially as the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETO), Erdogan noted his desire to also take down its networks abroad.
“Neither in the East nor in the West is a single member of this organization comfortable as before, nor will they be,” he said. “If not today, then tomorrow, one day every member of the FETO traitors’ front will pay for his treason against the country and the nation.”
▻https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/turkey/2018-01-29/remarkable-scale-turkeys-global-purge?cid=int-fls&pgtype=hpg
623 people detained over Gülen links in past week: ministry
At least 623 people were detained as part of investigations into the Gülen movement over the past week, according to government data.
Amnesty’s Turkey chair #Taner_Kilic denied release from prison
Amnesty International’s Turkey chair Taner Kilic has been denied release from prison after the prosecutor in charge objected to an earlier court order to set him free.
Turkish activist detained in southeast Turkey: report
#Ayşe_Gökkan, a Turkish activist and a member of Free Women Movement (TJA), has been detained by Turkish police in the Nusaybin district of Mardin province, the sendika.org news portal reported on Monday.
According to the report, Gökkan was taken into custody in Nusaybin’s Abdulkadir Paşa neighbourhood due to an outstanding detention warrant and was taken to the Mardin Police Station.
Labour Party Bursa head put in pre-trial detention: report
#Hasan_Özaydın, Bursa district head for the Labour Party (EMEP), has been put in pre-trial detention over social media messages concerning a Turkish military operation in the Afrin region of Syria, the Birgün daily reported.
According to the report, Bursa police detained Özaydın and several other officials from the party early on February 2 due to tweets in critical of the Turkish government for the recent military operations in Syria.
Yet another 3 detained while on way to escape to Greece
Three people were detained in Turkey’s border province of Edirne while they were on their way to escape to the Greece on Feb 2, state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Monday.
Anadolu said gendarmerie stopped a bus near the Üyüklütatar village in Edirne and rounded up the suspects who were facing outstanding arrest warrants over ties to the Gulen movement. Three Afgan nationals were also caught along with the trio while media said they were paid to facilitate the illegal trip.
All six people were put in pretrial detention with the first three being charged with membership to Gulen movement and the remaining with human smuggling.
518 people detained over Gülen links in past week: gov’t
At least 518 people were detained as part of investigations into the Gülen movement over the past week, according to government data.
In a written statement on Monday, the Interior Ministry said 518 people were rounded up in operations targeting the Gülen movement between Jan 29 and Feb 5.
#Enes_Kanter faces 4 years in jail for ‘insulting’ Turkish basketball federation head
An indictment filed by the Istanbul police’s cyber-crimes department seeks up to 4 years in prison for the New York Knicks center Enes Kanter for alleged insulting Hidayet Turkoglu.
Pro-government Sabah newspaper said Wednesday that the indictment accuses Kanter of insulting Turkoglu several times via social media. The NBAer faces between 1 to 4 years in prison on this charge alone while the indictment seeks an increase in the punishment by half, if convicted, claiming that the offence was committed publicly.
Journalist #Cem_Bahtiyar jailed pending trial over terror charges
Journalist Mete Cem Bahtiyar was arrested pending trial over terror charges, according to Ozguruz online news portal.
Detained following a police raid at his home in Balikesir’s Bandirma district, Bahtiyar was put in pretrial detention on Jan 31, Ozguruz said Wednesday. Police seized his computer, cellphone, and books including one by Noam Chomsky.
Turkey strips another pro-Kurdish deputy’s parliamentary status, brings total to 7
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) stripped pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) Şırnak deputy #Ferhat_Encü of his parliamentary status on Tuesday.
Chemistry teacher gets 10-year jail time over Gulen links
An Antalya court sentenced a chemistry teacher, identified as A.S., to 10 years in jail on charges of membership to the Gulen movement.
State-run Anadolu news agency said Wednesday that A.S., under pretrial arrest for 22 months, appeared before the court for her final hearing. Accused of leading the movement’s women’s network in Antalya, A.S. refused allegations asking for her release.
The court in charge turned down the request and sentenced A.S. to 10 years in prison.
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64 military academy students, officers sentenced to life in prison over coup charges
An Ankara court has ruled for the acquittal of 100 suspects while handing down life sentences to 60 others and aggravated life sentences to four suspects in a trial concerning incidents that took place at the Turkish military academy in Ankara on the night of a failed coup attempt in July 2016.
The trial, which was heard by the Ankara 17th High Criminal Court, was concluded on Wednesday.
Among the 164 suspects indicted, 156 were military cadets while eight were high-ranking officers.
4 including critical Muslim preacher put in pre-trial detention on terror charges
#Alparslan_Kuytul, president of the #Furkan_Foundation and leader of a religious group critical of the Turkish government, has been put in pre-trial detention by an Adana court, the Turkish media reported on Friday.
Kuytul and 25 members of the foundation were detained at the end of January by counterterrorism police on suspicion of disrupting the public order and establishing a criminal organization.
Former law faculty dean detained over Gülen links
Law professor #Murat_Sen has been detained as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement in Kayseri, state-run Anadolu news agency said Thursday.
The dean of the Meliksah University’s law faculty until it was closed by the government over Gulen links in 2016, Sen was rounded up at his father-in-law’s home in Zonguldak and later transferred to Kayseri.
University student jailed for insulting Erdogan two years ago
A university student from the Turkey’s Amasya province, identified as H.N., was put in pretrial detention for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on social media, on Wednesday.
Cumhuriyet reported that H.N., an Amasya University student and a member of Turkish Communist Party (TKP), was arrested over her allegedly insulting social media postings from 2014 and 2016.
Teacher, 2 children dead while 4 others missing after failed attempt to escape Turkey’s post-coup crackdown to Greece
At least three people died and four others were missing after a boat carrying a group of eight capsized in Evros river while seeking to escape Turkey’s post-coup crackdown, on Tuesday.
The dead were identified as #Ayse_Abdurrezzak, a 37-year-old teacher who was earlier dismissed from his job in a post-coup crackdown; and her children Abdulkadir Enes Abdurrezzak and Halil Munir Abdurrezzak. The children were 11 and 3 years old, respectively.
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#mourir_aux_frontières #frontières #décès #mort #Grèce #Evros
Purge-victim architect detained for refusing to stand for Turkey’s national anthem: report
#Alev_Şahin, a Turkish architect who was fired from her job with a decree issued by the Turish government after a coup attempt in 2016, has been detained for “refusing to stand for the Turkish national anthem,” the Gerçek Gündem news portal reported on Wednesday.
According to the report, Şahin refused to stand up for the anthem played during a public demonstration in a square in Turkey’s Düzce province because she was staging a separate sit-in protest against his dismissal by the Turkis government on coup charges. Şahin was detained after organisers of the demonstration complained to police that she had refused to stand for the anthem and Düzce public prosecutor launched an investigation into the incident.
4 Adana journalists given prison sentences of up to 9 years over terror charges
An Adana court has handed down prison sentences varying between 7 years 6 months and 9 years to 4 journalists on charges of membership in the Gülen group, accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup attempt in July 2016, the Hürriyet daily reported.
Turkey’s opposition leader slams life sentences handed down to Altan brothers, Nazlı Ilıcak
Leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has criticized the handing down of aggravated life sentences to three prominent journalists including the Altan brothers and Nazlı Ilıcak by a Turkish court last week, saying that the journalists had not resorted to any kind of violence.
Academics, doctors detained while watching Gülen speech
Turkish police on Friday detained seven people, including two academics and three doctors, for watching a video of a speech by Turkish Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen on their mobile phones in a car in Adıyaman province, Hurriyet reported.
The Gülen group is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. The group denies any involvement
[VIDEO] 18 detained as military students, families teargassed during Ankara march
At least 18 people were detained on Saturday after police intervened into a group of military academy students and their families during a scheduled march in Turkey’s capital.
Dozens of students who were removed from military academies after the government shuttered them in its post-coup crackdown marched along with their family members to the Anitkabir, the monumental tomb of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the modern Turkey, on Feb 24.
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Wedding singers put in pretrial detention over songs in Kurdish language
An Istanbul court ruled for the arrest of wedding singers İhsan Acet and İnayet Şarkıç over Kurdish-language songs they played during a wedding ceremony last week.
Hikmet Akyol, the father of the groom was put in pretrial detention as well.
Detained during the ceremony on Feb 18, the trio spent 6 days under custody to be formally accused on charges of making propaganda on behalf of a terror group on Feb 24.
5-months pregnant woman detained as police fail to locate husband: report
A Samsun woman, identified as B.D. was detained after police failed to locate her husband as part an investigation in to the Gulen movement, media reported Saturday.
According to Grihat online news portal, B.D., already a mother of three, was detained after a police raid at her home. Police had initially come for B.D.’s husband, wanted over alleged ties to the Gulen movement.
B.D.’s three children were reportedly left under their 75-year-old grandmother’s care.
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[VIDEO] Former TRT producer detained while on way to escape to Greece
A former producer at the state-run broadcaster TRT, identified as E.D., was detained at a Bodrum hotel where he was allegedly making plans to sneak into a Greek island in the Aegean Sea.
Media reported Feb 23 that police raided a hotel in Mugla’s Bodrum district upon a complaint that E.D. was staying before his would-be escape to the Kos island.
Two pro-Kurdish MPs stripped of parliamentary status for insulting Erdogan, social media posts
The Turkish Parliament stripped pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies #Ahmet_Yıldırım and #İbrahim_Ayhan of their parliamentary status on Tuesday.
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#Ahmet_Yildirim and #Ibrahim_Ayhan
Court rules for continuation of arrest of Turkish columnist: report
An Uşak court on Tuesdayruled for continuation of imprisonment of #Ali_Ünal, a theologian and a former columnist for the now-closed #Zaman daily, several media outlets reported.
4 periodistas de #Adana con penas de prisión de hasta 9 años por cargos de terrorismo
Un tribunal de Adana ha dictado penas de prisión que varían entre 7 años, 6 meses y 9 años contra 4 periodistas acusados de pertenecer al grupo Gülen, grupo acusado por el gobierno turco de planear un fallido intento de golpe en julio de 2016, informó el diario Hürriyet.
Durante la cuarta audiencia del juicio en el 4º Tribunal Penal Superior de Adana, los periodistas Mustafa Naim Yalçınel, Aytekin Gezici y Yüksel Evsenwere fueron condenados a una pena de prisión de 9 años cada uno, mientras que Abdullah Özyurt recibió una pena de prisión de 7 años y 6 meses.
Los periodistas de Adana Gezici y Özyurt fueron arrestados el 25 de julio de 2016 como parte de una investigación sobre el grupo Gülen.
Zaman newspaper’s bureau chief in Izmir gets 9-year jail sentence
#Vahit_Yazgan, the former bureau chief of the shuttered Zaman daily in Turkey’s western province of İzmir, was sentenced to eight years, nine months in prison on Wednesday based on an anonymous letter alleging that he was a member of a “terrorist organization.”
65 personnel from naval forces get life sentences in coup trial: report
A high criminal court in Ankara has handed down aggravated life sentences to 47 defendants and life sentences to 18 defendants from the Naval Forces Command in a trial concerning a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016.
The trial of the 73 defendants involving incidents that took place at the Naval Forces Command in Ankara on the night of July 15 was concluded by the Ankara 13th High Criminal Court on Tuesday.
Journalist #Hayri_Tunç detained by Istanbul police in home raid
Journalist Hayri Tunç was detained by police in his Istanbul home at around 11:20 pm on 7 March, Evrensel reported.
The police also searched the house. According to reports, they didn’t name the exact reason of his detention, yet they said it concerned a “complaint” filed against him in Van province.
Turkey sentences at least 22 journalists on terrorism-related charges
Istanbul, March 8, 2018—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned a Turkish court’s decision today to sentence at least 22 journalists to prison on terrorism-related charges, and called on Turkish authorities to release them without delay.
▻https://cpj.org/2018/03/turkey-sentences-at-least-22-journalists-on-terror.php
Actor-director battered, threatened with death in police custody: report
Actor-director #Emre_Kılınç, detained a few days ago, has been threatened with death in police custody, according his lawyer.
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##Emre_Kilinc
Turkey seeks life in prison for US pastor
A Turkish prosecutor on Tuesday demanded life imprisonment for American pastor #Andrew_Brunson, who has been jailed in Turkey since October 2016, over alleged links to a failed coup attempt in July 2016, the Doğan news agency reported.
Local TV channel red-tagged after reports on municipal corruption
The headquarters of the Ordu-based #TV_52 was red-tagged over problems with the safety standards on March 12.
City police from Ordu’s central district of Altinordu raided the TV 52 and red-tagged its office on the grounds that the channel failed to meet zoning and fire safety requirements at the building’s top two floors within a given period.
The reason behind the move has nothing to do with the safety requirements, the chairman Isa Akcay said, the channel’s broadcasts on corruption in municipal tenders and construction permits.
▻https://turkeypurge.com/video-local-tv-channel-red-tagged-reports-municipal-corruption
Outspoken lawyer representing coup suspects jailed pending trial
Outspoken lawyer #Kemal_Ucar who is known for representing some of the coup suspects from the military has been jailed pending trial over what his colleagues said “occupational activities.”
Mother of this child gets 7.5 years in prison for working at Gulen-affilated student dorm in Ankara
#Sena_Uslu, 29-year old Turkish woman and the mother of 3-year-old Asım Uslu (pictured above) has been sentenced to 7,5 years in prison for working at a now-closed student dormitory affiliated with the Gülen group, which is accused of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016.
According to an e mail sent to Turkeypurge.com editors by Sena’s family members, she was given 7,5 years in jail at the first hearing on March 14, 2018 over “membership in the Gülen group.
▻https://turkeypurge.com/mother-child-gets-7-5-years-prison-working-gulen-affilated-student-dorm
Zaman’s Yazici: Courtroom layout gives impression that we are like gladiators thrown to lions
#Fevzi_Yazıcı, the jailed art director of the now-closed-down Zaman daily, has sent a letter, accompanied by his drawings, to the Kronos online news outlet sharing his reflections on the layout of the courtroom in which he was given aggravated life sentence.
Jailed pending trial on accusation of membership to a terror group in the summer of 2016, Yazıcı was given aggravated life sentence along with 5 other journalists including Altan brothers and Nazli Ilicak on charges of attempting to destroy the constitutional order, on Feb 16, 2018.
Wife of judge who attempted to release Samanyolu journalist sentenced to 7.5 years in jail
Rabia Baser, the wife of the now-dismissed judge Mustafa Baser was sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison on terror charges on Wednesday.
Mrs. Baser rejected the accusation that she is a member of the Gulen movement during her final hearing. However, the court in charge ruled for her conviction sentencing Mrs. Baser to 7 years and 6 months in jail.
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Journalist #Sahin_Alpay: There are thousands of innocent people in prison
Veteran journalist Şahin Alpay, released pending trial on Friday after 20 months in jail, said he left thousands people who have nothing to do with terrorism in prison, saying that “Turkey will not be free if they are not free.”
Pro-Kurdish politician #Aysel_Tuğluk given 10-year prison sentence
An Ankara court on Friday sentenced Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) former deputy co-chair Aysel Tuğluk to 10 years in prison in a case in which she was tried for allegedly “being the leader of a terror organization.”
According to a report by the Hürriyet Daily News, Tuğluk said in her defense before the court that the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) was not an extension of a terrorist organization. “The DTK never called for violence. It serves as a legal platform that seeks a democratic solution to the Kurdish question,” Tuğluk added.
▻https://turkeypurge.com/pro-kurdish-politician-aysel-tugluk-given-10-year-prison-sentence
#Aysel_Tugluk
Turkey’s journalists have sacrificed their freedom in the pursuit of truth
Recent developments in Turkey, once seen as a role model for the Muslim world, have shown that concepts such as the rule of law and right to free speech are no longer welcome by the Erdogan government.
With 156 journalists behind bars as of 26 February 2018 and the closing down of more than 150 media outlets by virtue of the state’s of emergency decrees, Turkey is the global leader in suppressing the media. The irony is that Erdogan was once a victim of an earlier oppressive regime in the late 1990s, having been dismissed as mayor of Istanbul, banned from political office and put in prison for three months for inciting religious hatred after he recited part of a poem by the Turkish nationalist Ziya Gokalp at a political rally.
The destruction of the rule of law in Turkey has been in the making since the anti-government Gezi Park protests and corruption probes of 2013. However, the government has made its intentions on the right to free speech crystal clear in the aftermath of the 15 July 2016 coup attempt. Many journalists and writers have been imprisoned over accusations as absurd as spreading subliminal messages to promote the coup.
Some of them — like Die Welt journalist Deniz Yucel — have languished in detention without charge for a year. Yucel was used as a bargaining chip against Germany and was only freed after chancellor Angela Merkel put pressure on the Turkish government. Immediately after he was let out of detention he published a video message in which he said: “I still don’t know why I was arrested and why I have been released.”
Ahmet Sik, another well-known journalist, was imprisoned because of his thorough investigations into the dark sides of the coup attempt. Can Dundar was arrested for publishing about Turkish intelligence’s illegal arms transfers to Syria. He was kept in prison for several months and eventually released on a constitutional court decision in February 2016. He fled the country and currently lives in Germany. Veteran journalists Sahin Alpay and Mehmet Altan, on the other hand, were not so lucky. They had been granted freedom by the constitutional court but a local court refused to implement their release. Recently, the Altan brothers, Mehmet and Ahmed, and another senior journalist, Nazli Ilicak, have been brutally sentenced to aggravated life prison sentences. Examples of the obscene unlawful imprisonment of journalists can go on and on.
The heart of the issue is that Turkish journalists do excellent work. They go to extraordinary efforts to make sure the public is informed about corruption, illegal arms transfers, extrajudicial killings of Kurds and minorities, shady affairs of the ruling party with the judiciary and unanswered questions about the coup attempt. The government doesn’t want to see these issues make headlines, and for defying it many journalists have sacrificed their freedom.
Behind the thin veneer of Turley’s judicial system is the political machine manufacturing countless crimes. After 500 days pretrial detention, Ahmet Turan Alkan, an intellectual and a respected writer, pointed that out by telling a judge: “Your honour, I know you can’t release me because if you decide to do so you will be jailed.”
Turkey’s journalists are faced with a unique problem: if they continue to lay bare the truth for all to see they risk exile or prison. In a normal country, journalists performing at the height of their abilities would be encouraged or rewarded, perhaps not by their governments but by the society as a whole. But not so in Turkey, where the government mouthpieces and politically-aligned media outlets spout the latest propaganda to manipulate Turks. Unfortunately, the majority of people actually believe that most of the arrested journalists are criminals or terror supporters.
This collective hostility to freedom of expression makes Turkey one of the biggest violators of press freedom in the 42 European-area countries Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project monitors; one of the lowest ranking countries in Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index; and deemed “not free” by Freedom House’s evaluation.
It’s not just journalists. Academics, rights defenders, philanthropists and lawyers also face punishment for carrying out their professional responsibilities on behalf of the public. Disclosing the unlawful practices of those in power is all it takes for an individual to find themselves on the wrong side of the bars. As with Alpay and Altan, a court had ordered Taner Kilic, the chairman of Amnesty Turkey, to be released from detention, but the prosecutor put him back in prison. Kilic and his colleagues are being targeted in retribution for Amnesty International’s work to make the world aware of the inhumane conditions in Turkey’s post-coup attempt era.
The government’s intolerance toward dissenting voices can also be seen in its treatment of university professors, students and others who signed an Academics for Peace petition, which called for an end to violence in the Kurdish region of the country. Hundreds of distinguished academics have found themselves summoned to courtrooms. For taking a stand about the ongoing tragedy in Kurdish cities, the majority of these academics are dehumanised and defamed. They have not only become enemies of the state but enemies of all Turks.
Yes, the government has terrorised ordinary people with the narrative of the “world against great Turkey” and urged them to stand against outspoken figures who are the “spies, traitors and enemies”.
What do the EU and other international organisations do? Mostly expressing their “concern” in different formats such as “great”, “deep” or “serious”. Even the European Court of the Human Rights has not issued a single verdict against Turkey’s post-coup purge which has seen the country become the world’s largest jailer of journalists.
On the same day the Altan brothers were sentenced to spend the rest of their lives in prison, Tjorbon Jaglan, the secretary general of the Council of Europe was on a two-day visit in Turkey. He didn’t utter a single word about their situation. What else could better fit the definition of the “banality of evil” conceptualised by Hannah Arendt?
24 jailed pending trial over money deposits to #Bank_Asya
A total of 24 people, under custody since March 7, have been jailed pending trial over their money deposits to the now-defunct Bank Asya.
State-run Anadolu news agency reported Monday that 24 out of 41 former employees of the Isik Yayincilik publishing firm who were detained as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement last week have been put in pretrial detention.
24 employees of Gülenist publishing house arrested on coup charges: report
Twenty-four out of 41 people who were detained in operations on March 7 have been arrested over alleged links to the Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016.
#Işık_Publications, which was closed down in the aftermath of the failed coup, used to publish religious books and books penned by Turkish-Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen.
Turkey: Prosecutor requests long jail terms for 13 defendants in Cumhuriyet trial
The Cumhuriyet newspaper trial’s prosecutor requested sentences of up to 15 years in prison today for 13 of the newspaper’s journalists and managers. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the trial as a “sinister farce” and urges as many people as possible to turn out in support of the journalists at the next hearing, at which the court is expected to issue verdicts.
At today’s hearing, the prosecutor asked the court to convict 13 of the 18 defendants of “assisting a terrorist organization,” a charge that carries a maximum jail term of 15 years. They include well-known investigative reporter Ahmet Şık, editorial writer Kadri Gürsel, editor-in-chief Murat Sabuncu and managing director Akın Atalay.
ECtHR: Turkey violates liberty, security, freedom of expression of #Şahin_Alpay, #Mehmet_Altan
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey has violated the liberty, security and freedom of expression of two journalists, Şahin Alpay and Mehmet Altan, who face terror charges.
7 including teacher, dormitory manager jailed for trying to escape to Greece
At least 7 people were jailed pending trial following their illegal attempt to sneak into Greece where they had reportedly planned to seek asylum.
State-run Anadolu news agency said Wednesday that 7 out of 8 people who were caught at a rice farm near Turkey’s Greek border in Edirne province on Monday.
Anadolu said the group were on their way to escape to Greece due to their affilation to the Gulen movement in Turkey.
Pro-Kurdish deputy #Lezgin_Botan gets 18 years in prison on terror charges
A Van court on Friday sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Lezgin Botan to 18 years in prison over terrorism charges,” the Evrensel daily reported.
According to a report by the report, the Van 2nd High Criminal Court sentenced the Kurdish deputy for “damaging the integrity of the state,” “disseminating the propaganda of a terrorist organization” and “membership in a terrorist organization.”
Detention warrants issued for 62 executives of gov’t-closed business unions
Warrants issued for 68 executives of some business unions that the government shuttered over ties to the Gulen movement in the wake of the July 15, 2016 failed coup.
State-run Anadolu news agency said Friday that the Ankara Public Prosecutor’s Office issued warrants for 62 people who worked at 5 unions, all affiliated with the Aksiyon Business Confederation (Aksiyon Is).
35 purged military students, army members detained
At least 35 military academy students and army members who were earlier dismissed from their jobs and schools over alleged ties to the Gulen movement have been detained.
Report: At least 2,113 people detained over Gülen links in March alone
More than 2,113 people have passed through police custody over their alleged ties to the Gulen movement in March, this year, state-run Anadolu news agency said Sunday.
Anadolu compiled data from the all police operations against alleged Gulenists in March.
More than 2,113 people were detained in such operations, of which 623 were remanded in pretrial detention, according to the news agency.
Turkish government blames the Gulen movement for the July 15, 2016 failed attempt while the latter denies involvement. Nearly 170,000 people have been detained over Gulen links since the summer of 2016.
16 members of Alevi association detained in Erzincan on terror charges: report
At least 16 people affiliated with the Erzincan-based Pir Sultan Abdal Culture Association (PSAKD), have been put in pre-trial detention for “providing support to a terrorist organization,” the Birgün daily reported.
According to the report, among the arrestees are Erol Yeter, deputy chair of the PSAKD, and Akın Demir, local director of the PSKAD in Erzincan.
Police detain 7 Bogaziçi students for participating in protest against Turkey’s Afrin operation
At least 7 student have been detained by police at İstanbul’s Boğaziçi University for participating in protests agains Turkey’s Afrin operation, the Dİken news portal reported.
Detentions came only a day after Turkish President Recep Erdogan said on Saturday that the government will “clean communist and terrorist students” out of Turkish universities.
According to the report the students were detained in police raids on their homes and dormitories at 6 a.m.
On March 19 a group of students protested other students who had set up a stand and distributed Turkish delight in memory of Turkish soldiers killed during the Turkish military’s operation in Afrin, Syria. Police identified 17 of the protestors and detained five of them, while 12 are still being sought.
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Mother of this baby put in pre-trial detention on coup charges in İstanbul — claim
#Serap_Öztürk, a Turkish woman and the mother of a 2-month-old baby (pictured above) has been arrested by a Turkish court over alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, which is accused of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016.
According to a twitter account named @magduriyetlert, Öztürk was detained on March 21 in İstanbul and sent to prison on March 23 over “membership” in the Gülen group.
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120 including on-duty soldiers and gendarmerie personnel in custody on coup charges: report
At least 120 people including on-duty soldiers and gendarmerie personnel have been detained by Turkish police over alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, the pro-government Yeni Şafak reported.
According to the report, the detentions took place in at least 10 provinces including Samsun, Gaziantep, Yalova, Istanbul and Ankara.
Turkey survived a military coup attempt on July 15 that killed over 240 people and wounded more than a thousand others. Immediately after the putsch, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government along with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pinned the blame on the Gülen movement.
Turquie : Répression contre des auteurs de messages diffusés sur les réseaux sociaux
Au cours des dernières semaines, les autorités turques ont arrêté et poursuivi en justice de nombreuses personnes qui avaient critiqué sur les réseaux sociaux l’opération militaire menée par la Turquie à Afrin, dans le nord-ouest de la Syrie, a déclaré Human Rights Watch aujourd’hui. Cette répression viole le droit à la liberté d’expression pacifique.
Selon le ministère turc de l’Intérieur, entre le 20 et le 26 février 2018, les autorités ont détenu 648 personnes ayant critiqué sur des médias sociaux les opérations militaires menées par la Turquie à Afrin. Les autorités ont en outre détenu 197 autres personnes ayant exprimé des opinions critiques d’autre manières, par exemple en participant à des manifestations. Le ministère de l’Intérieur a ajouté que de nouvelles enquêtes criminelles ont été ouvertes depuis la fin février.
Dismissed public servant abducted from car in Turkey’s capital
#Ümit Horzum, a former public servant who was removed from his job at Turkish Accreditation Agency (TURKAK) in a government’s post-coup emergency decree, was abducted from his car in Ankara, according to his wife.
“I haven’t heard from my husband Ümit Horzum since Wednesday, Dec 6, 2017, 6 pm. …Following media reports on tortured detainees, my husband was scared and he left home to hide. …A short while after leaving, gendarmerie came to our home to detain him. …He was not staying at home since then. A few days ago, one of his friends stopped by to say that his car was stopped and that he was abducted by force. [His friend] left without answering any further question,” the Horzum Family, a Twitter account believed to be controlled by Umit’s wife said in a series of tweets on Wednesday.
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Another pro-Kurdish deputy gets 10 years in prison on terrorism charges
A Turkish court in Gaziantep province has sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy #Selma_Irmak to 10 years in prison on terrorism charges.
According to the Cumhuriyet daily, The Gaziantep Provincial Court upheld a decision issued by a lower court that sentenced Irmak to 10 years in prison for “membership in a terrorist organization” and “disseminating terrorist propaganda.”
Irmak was arrested on Nov. 4, 2016 and delivered her defense to the court via a closed circuit camera system. Irmak’s lawyers appealed the decision to the Gaziantep Provincial Court. But the court upheld the verdict of the lower court that sentenced Irmak to 10 years in prison.
Couple jailed after attempt to escape Turkey’s post-coup crackdown to Iraq
A Turkish couple was intercepted in Hakkari’s Şemdinli district while reportedly on way to escape the government’s post-coup crackdown to Iraq on March 23.
State-run Anadolu news agency said the couple was caught near Hacıbey river and taken into police custody where they were later found to have links to the Gulen movement.
While the identities of the couple remain unknown, they were jailed pending trial on charge of membership to a terror group on Sunday, Anadolu said.
Head of Aliağa commerce chamber detained over grants to students
The president of the chamber of commerce in Izmir’s Aliaga district has been detained as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement on March 30.
#Adnan_Saka, 75, was detained over grants that Aliaga Chamber of Commerce (ALTO) has given to needy students suspected of ties to the movement, media said.
Saka is accused of financial support to Gulenists.
Dentist gets 7.5-year jail sentence over Kanter’s picture at his clinic’s balcony
Dentist, identified as A.I.B., has been sentenced to 7.5 years of prison sentence nearly one and a half year after he was detained over NBA player Enes Kanter’s picture taken at the balcony of Istanbul clinic.
A.I.B. was jailed pending trial in October 2016 when he was reported to police as the owner of a dental clinic where Kanter took a picture of himself along with former prosecutors Zekeriya Oz and Celal Kara.
With printing house seized, Turkey’s only Kurdish daily newspaper tries to survive with photocopying
Turkey’s only Kurdish daily newspaper #Rojnameya_Welat has ceased its print edition as the printing house that publishes the newspaper was taken over by the government last week.
Turkish authorities took control of the pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper and the Gun Printing House following a police raid over terror charges on March 28.
Doctor commits suicide after suspension from post due to Gülen links
A doctor who was removed from his post at the İzmir-based Katip Çelebi University’s hospital last Friday as part of an ongoing crackdown on the followers of the Gülen movement, committed suicide on Sunday by jumping from the 10th floor of the hospital.
Doctor #Orhan_Çetin, 30, was an assistant doctor at the biochemistry department of the Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Education and Research Hospital.
Çetin was heavily injured when his body was found on the ground floor on Sunday morning. He could not be saved despite doctors’ efforts.
An investigation has been launched into the incident.
Former top judiciary member dies of heart attack in prison: report
#Teoman_Gökçe, a top judge and a former member of the Turkish Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK), has passed away following a heart attack in prison, media reported Monday.
Gökçe was a HSK member until he quitted in the summer of 2014 claiming that government appointments violated judicial independence.
Dismissed from his job as a judge in the aftermath of the July 15, 2016 failed coup, Gökçe was subsequently jailed on charges of links to the Gulen movement.
Detention warrant issued for pollster due to social media postings
Detention warrant was issued for #Kemal_Özkiraz, the coordinatior of the Eurasia Public Opinion Research Centre (AKAM), media reported on Tuesday.
Police raided Özkiraz’s home and workplace, to no avail. A lawyer representing him said Özkiraz would stop by the prosecutor’s office to give his statement on Wednesday.
The warrant was issued over his social media posts what media said critical of Turkey’s military offensive in Afrin.
Former editor-in-chief of state-run #TRT_News gets 9 years, 9 months on terror charges
#Ahmet_Böken, a Turkish journalist and Former editor-in-chief of public broadcaster TRT News, has been handed down a prison sentence of nine years, nine months on charges of membership in a terrorist organization.
Böken was among the dozens of journalists who were jailed in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 due to alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, accused by the Turkish government of masterminding the coup attempt.
The group denies any involvement.
Veteran journalist #Hasan_Cemal receives suspended jail sentence on terror charges
Veteran Turkish journalist Hasan Cemal has been given a suspended sentence of three months, 22 days for a series of articles documenting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) withdrawal from Turkey as part of an agreement with the government.
According to a report by the Cumhuriyet daily on Tuesday, Cemal, whose articles were published under the heading “Withdrawal Diary” on the T24 independent news website in 2013, had faced up to 13 years under Turkish terror and criminal law in a case opened against him four years later. He was acquitted in this trial, but the İstanbul 2nd Regional Court of Justice, a superior court, overturned the acquittal in November 2017 and ruled for a retrial.
Turkey seeks aggravated life sentences for 9 #Zaman -linked journalists, columnists
An İstanbul prosecutor has demanded aggravated life sentences for nine journalists affiliated with now-defunct Zaman daily, which was closed by the government after a coup attempt in July 2016.
The nine suspects, according to the prosecutor, have “violated the Turkish constitution.”
The journalists for whom life sentences are being sought as follows: Columnists Mümtaz’er Türköne, Ali Bulaç, Şahin Alpay, Ahmet Turan Alkan, İhsan Duran Dağı, Orhan Kemal Cengiz, and reporters İbrahim Karayeğen, Mehmet Özdemir, Mustafa Ünal.
All nine of them have been held in pre-trial detention for almost 19 months.
Purge-victim gets 9.5 years in prison for paying tax through Bank Asya, indictment shows
A Turkish man has been given a prison sentence of 9 years five months over membership in the Gülen group, which is accused by the government of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016.
The indictment revelaled that one of his crimes was to pay tax through now-defunct Bank Asya in 2014.
“During the police search in the house of the suspect, a tax slip dated 06.01.2014, numbered [………], belonging to […….], paid through Bank Asya Sefaköy Branch, has been seized,” the indictment said.
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la purge autoritaire turque vue d’Europe
Depuis la tentative de coup d’État de juillet 2016, la purge autoritaire, menée à un rythme effréné, a pris une ampleur glaçante en Turquie. Militant·e·s, journalistes, universitaires, simples citoyen·ne·s tou·te·s sont concerné·e·s, jusqu’aux avocat·e·s qui les défendent, quand ils ne sont pas directement ciblé·e·s. Le tout sous le regard froid d’institutions européennes, documentant la dérive autoritaire du régime turc dans un silence fracassant. En dépit des violations répétées du droit international, aucune réponse politique ou diplomatique ne semble devoir se dessiner.
Gloom detained for ‘insulting’ Erdoğan, bride performs ceremony alone
A groom named Rahat Akbaba was detained for “insulting” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on henna night, a customary celebration before a wedding, in Turkey’s Diyarbakır province, causing the wedding ceremony to be held with just the bride, the Mezopotamya news agency reported.
According to the report, Akbaba’s car was stopped on April 5 by counterterrorism units on his way from the hairdresser to the henna night party with his bride, Sara Başak. Akbaba was taken to a courthouse and later to Diyarbakır Prison after he was informed that a sentence of three years, nine months in prison for insulting President Erdoğan had been approved by an appeals court.
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Ferhat Tunç Prosecuted for ‘Commemorating Musa Anter’
An investigation has been launched against artist Ferhat Tunç due to his speech he delivered for commemorating Musa Anter. In his deposition, Tunç has said, “I stand by all my words written in the investigation text”.
Turkey arrests another German national on terror charges: report
#Adil_Demirci, a Turkish origin German ciziten, has been put in pre-rial detention in Turkey over alleged “membership in a terrorist organization.”
According to the German news portal Deutsche Welle, Demirci was initially detained by the Turkish police on April 13 along Semiha Şahin and Pınar Gayip, two journalists affiliated with the pro-Kurdish ETHA news agency.
Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy gets 7 years in prison on terrorism charges
A Turkish court has sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy #Burcu_Çelik_Özkan to prison for alleged terrorism propaganda, according to a report by the pro-Kurdish Mesopotamia news agency.
Özkan was sentenced to seven years, three months and 10 days on charges of disseminating propaganda for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). She had previously been given six years for the same offense by a lower court, but the sentence was dropped and the case retried on appeal.
Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Yüksekdağ gets 6-month in jail for ‘violating election bans’
#Figen_Yüksekdağ, former co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who has been jailed since November 2016, has been handed down a prison sentence of six months on charges of violating election bans.
The last hearing in Yüksekdağ’s trial was held at the Erciş 2nd Penal Court of First Instance in the eastern province of Van on Friday.
Yüksekdağ was convicted over a speech she made at the opening of a bus terminal in Erciş on Oct. 27, 2015.
Turkey seeks three-year jail sentence for journalist Baysal over tweets criticizing Afrin operation
A Turkish prosecutor is seeking a three-year jail sentence for journalist #Nurcan_Baysal due to her tweets critical of an ongoing Turkish military operation in the Kurdish-controlled Afrin region of Syria, according to the Mesopotamia news agency.
Baysal was detained on the night of Jan. 21 after police teams broke down the door of her house. The journalist was released pending trial by a court on Jan. 24.
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4 journalists from seized pro-Kurdish daily put in pre-trial detention on terror charges
A Turkish court on Tuesday ruled to arrest three editors and one media worker from the pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper, which was seized by the Turkish government in late March on the grounds that it has links to the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Özgürlükçü Demokrasi is the successor of the Özgür Gündem newspaper, which was closed down by the government in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016.
On March 28, the headquarters of Özgürlükçü Demokrasi in the Beyoğlu district of İstanbul and its printing house were raided and searched by police teams upon an order from the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office. Twenty-two employees of the daily were detained, and 20 were subsequently arrested.
Seven others from the daily were detained in another police operation on April 7.
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8 pro-Kurdish deputies under investigation over ‘terror propaganda’
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday filed motions against eight pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies for disseminating “terrorist propaganda,” demanding the removal of their immunity from prosecution, the state-run Anadolu agency reported.
According to the report, HDP deputies Osman Baydemir, Alican Önlü, Feleknas Uca, Sibel Yiğitalp, Nadir Yıldırım, Dilek Öcalan, Mizgin Irgat and Garo Paylan also were accused of “humiliating the Turkish nation, the Turkish state, government, military and police,” “violating the Political Parties Law” and “Insulting the president [Recep Tayyip Erdoğan].”
The prosecutor sent motions to the Justice Ministry to forward to the presidency of the Parliament for removal of the deputies’ immunity.
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Columnist Alpay’s house subject to random searchings even at midnights: lawyer
The house belonging to veteran journalist #Şahin_Alpay, who was released pending trial on May 17 after spending 20 months in jail, has been subject to frequent and random searchings by police even at midnights, according to Alpay’s lawyer.
Alpay was jailed in the aftermath of a military coup attempt on July 15, 2016 over alleged links to the Gülen movement and “attempting to overthrow the government.”
Turkey to dismiss 3,000 more active duty officers on coup charges: Defense Minister
The Turkish government has identified a total of 3,000 active duty military officers suspected of links to the Gülen group, said Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli on Wednesday.
“They will be dismissed with a government decree in the coming days,”Canikli stated according to report by the Hürrüyet daily.
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State of Emergency in Turkey extended for 7th consecutive time
Turkey’s post-coup emergency rule was extended for another three months following general assembly meeting at the parliament on Wednesday.
The extension is the seventh since the State of Emergency was first declared in the aftermath of the July 15, 2016 failed coup.
The extension was listed among the recommendations declared following the National Security Council meeting Wednesday.
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77,081 people put in pre-trial detention over Gulen links so far: gov’t
At least 77,081 people have been put in pre-trial detention over Gulen links so far, according to Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu.
Speaking during a Tekirdag meeting on Wednesday, Soylu said the total number of people who were arrested over their alleged ties to the Gulen movement between July 15, 2016 and April 11, 2018 is 77,081.
The year 2017 alone saw 20,409 operations by law enforcement across Turkey through which thousands of people were detained and 20,478 of them were subsequently put in pre-trial detention, Soylu said adding 2,706 were arrested following 6,742 operations in 2018.
People who were jailed from July 15, 2016 to the end of that year totalled 53,897, Turkey Purge estimated based on stats by Soylu.
Apart from the pre-trial detentions, more than 150,000 people have passed through police custody since the July 15, 2016 failed coup.
Turkish government accuses Gulenists of masterminding the failed attempt while the latter denies involvement.
Turkey arrests four more journalists from pro-Kurdish Etkin news agency: report
A Turkish court on Thursday ruled for the arrest of four journalists affiliated with the Etkin News Agency (ETHA).
The arrestees — #Semiha_Şahin, #Pınar_Gayıp, #Ferhat_Harun_Pehlivan, #Gülsen_İmre — are accused of “membership in a terrorist organization” and “spreading propaganda on behalf of a terrorist organization.”
Turkey is the biggest jailer of journalists in the world, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) . There are currently a total of 235 journalists are under arrest pending trial, while 24 have been convicted.
The Turkish government also closed down more than 180 media outlets after a failed coup on July 15, 2016.
Gülen’s nephew, in pre-trial detention for 20 months, sentenced to 12 years in jail
Fethullah Gülen’s nephew #Ahmet_Ramiz_Gülen was sentenced to 12 years in jail on charges of membership to a terror group.
Under arrest for 20 months in a Gaziantep prison, Ahmet Ramiz was given 12 years of prison term on April 18, 2018. The court overseeing his case ruled to continue his arrest.
Turkey strips 2 more pro-Kurdish deputies of parliamentary status, bringing total to 11
The Turkish Parliament has stripped pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies #Osman_Baydemir and #Selma_Irmak of their parliamentary status, the Cumhuriyet daily reported.
The decision was made due to the approval by an appeals court of sentences the two depuies had previously received.
‘Gülenist’ public servant under heavy torture at Ankara Organized Crime Bureau: report
#Ümit_Horzum, a Turkish citizen who was abducted from his car in Ankara on December 6, 2017 and handed over to the Ankara police on Monday, is being subject to torture, torment and excruciating pain at the Ankara Police Department Organized Crime Control Bureau, Turkish journalist Bülent Ceyhan tweeted.
Horzum, who was removed from his job at the Turkish Accreditation Agency (TURKAK) by a government decree issued last year due to his alleged links to the Gülen group. He was reportedly found on April 17, after which the police informed his wife, Aynur, that her husband was in police custody. Yet, according to the family’s Twitter account, neither his family nor his lawyer has been allowed to see Horzum.
#İshak_Karakaş: Imprisoned for tweeting about Turkey’s Afrin operation
İshak Karakaş, the editor-in-chief of a local Istanbul weekly Halkın Nabzı, is an early riser. He is usually up before dawn and back from a long walk, which he takes with an unlikely group of friends from the neighbourhood, by 8 am. This is when he starts checking the news of the day over breakfast while posting impassioned tweets about the morning’s reports.
On 20 January the Turkish military launched an operation into Afrin, a Kurdish-controlled enclave in Syria, arguing that the Kurdish forces in the region are an extension of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which Turkey considers a terrorist organisation. Karakaş, like many others, took to Twitter to criticise the military incursion. He did so using the account @ishakkakarakas_, which has since been closed by his son and lawyer Uğur Karakaş.
“There is not a single Islamic State gang in Afrin. Why are you telling lies?” he asked Turkey’s politicians, who have claimed that the Kurdish forces in Syria are actually ISIS militants. “Don’t believe the TV’s propaganda on Afrin,” he told fellow citizens in another tweet. He also retweeted a post claiming that civilians had been killed in the region at the hands of the Turkish military.
Then they came for him.
Turkey seeks up to 15 years in prison for Yeni Asya editor
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday demanded up to 15 years’ imprisonment for the Yeni Asya daily editor #Nur_Ener over membership in a terrorist organization, the P24 news portal reported.
Ener was initially arrested on March 5, 2017, over her alleged use of ByLock, a smartphone messaging application that Turkish government claims to be the top communication tool among the members of the Gülen movement.
In February 2018, the İstanbul 26th High Criminal Court released her on condition of house arrest.
The Turkish government accuses the Gülen movement of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt.
Turkish court arrests another woman with 10-month-old baby on coup charges
#Nazlı_Mert, a Turkish woman with a 10-month old baby, has been put in pre-trial over alleged links to the Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016.
Mert was initially detained by police on June 3, 2017, days after she gave birth to a baby at Lokman Hekim Hospital in Ankara’s Etlik neighborhood. She was released pending trial while her husband sent to prison over his alleged ties to the Gülen group.
On April 23, 2018, a Kırşehir court this time ruled for the arrest of the woman on coup charges, putting her and her 10-month old baby in a prison in the Kırşehir province. The woman was picture with her baby while being transferred to the prison late on Monday.
Suspended police officer commits suicide 2 months after reinstatement
A 25-year-old police officer who was earlier suspended from his job in Turkey’s post-coup crackdown has shot himself dead 2 months after he was reinstated to the office.
#Erdem_Gezer, a father of one from the eastern province of Bitlis, was temporarily removed from office over his alleged links to the Gulen movement.
Two months after he was reinstated to his job as a result of an administrative investigation, Erdem Gezer shot himself dead at his home on April 18.
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16 including 6 children detained following attempted escape to Greece
At least 16 people were detained in Turkey’s western province of Mugla after they failed to escape to Greece, media reported on Apr 24.
The group attempted to escape to the Greek island of Kos in a speed boat that was chased by Turkish coast guards off Mugla shores upon a complaint. The boat carrying the group crashed into a reef in the Kisebükü bay.
The people aboard rushed into the woods through Kisebükü shore after the crash, however they were rounded up in the forest.
The group included 6 children, 2 former judges, 2 Defence Ministry employees and 1 The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) employee who were earlier dismissed from their jobs over links to the Gulen movement.
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Turkey sentences Cumhuriyet journalists to prison for up to seven years on terror charges
A Turkish court has sentenced a group of Cumhuriyet journalists and employees to jail for alleged links to a group the Turkish government blames for a failed coup attempt in July 2016.
According to the Birgün daily, 6 of them were convicted of aiding and abetting an armed terrorist organisation and were given prison terms of up to seven and a half years.
Several others were convicted on lesser charges.
Veteran journalist Ahmet Şık, Cumhuriyet daily Editor-in-Chief Murat Sabuncu and columnist Aydın Engin were given seven years, six months, while Cumhuriyet CEO Akın Atalay was sentenced to seven years, three months, 15 days. Publisher Orhan Erinç and columnist Hikmet Çetinkaya got six years, three months and editorial consultant Kadri Gürsel two years, six months. Three other Cumhuriyet employees, Önder Çelik, Hakan Kara, Mustafa Kemal Güngör, received three years, nine months in prison.
The staff of the newspaper –- long seen as a thorn in Erdoğan’s side and one of the few remaining voices critical of the government –- were charged with supporting the Gülen movement. “This was absolutely not a lawful verdict. At the end, it is a political case,” Özdemir said.
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22 businessmen, former #Bank_Asya employees detained over Gulen links
At least 22 people were detained as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement on Thursday.
Police carried out operations in 5 provinces in a Kastamonu-based investigation that targeted mostly businessmen and former employees of the now-defunct Bank Asya.
Bank Asya was earlier closed over its ties to the Gulen movement which the government blames for the July 15, 2016 failed coup.
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Mother of these children put in pre-trial detention on coup charges in Kırşehir — claim
Ayşe Elibol, a Turkish woman and the mother of three children (pictured above) has been arrested by a Turkish court over alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, which is accused of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016.
According to a twitter account named @magduriyetlert, Elibol was initially detained on Thursday in Kırşehir and released pending trial later the same day.
Upon the demand of a Kırşehir prosecutor, Mrs Elibol has been re-detained and this time sent to prison over “membership” in the Gülen group.
[VIDEO] 5 detained over ByLock use in Turkey’s Kayseri
At least 5 people were detained over their alleged use of ByLock mobile application in Turkey’s central Anatolian province of Kayseri, media reported Friday.
A Turkish prosecutor issued detention warrants for a total of 8 people in Kayseri on accusations that they use a smart phone application known as ByLock.
Turkish authorities believe that ByLock is a communication tool among followers of the Gülen movement, accused of mounting the July 15, 2016 failed coup attempt. The movement denies involvement.
Warrants issued for 103 people in 36 provinces: 63 detained
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Saturday issued detention warrants for 103 people for allegedly organizing marriages between faith-based Gülen movement people, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
According to the report, 63 of the 103 being sought have been detained by police in operations across 36 provinces, while 40 are still at large.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government pursued a crackdown on the Gülen movement following corruption operations in December 2013 in which the inner circle of the government and then-Prime Minister Erdoğan were implicated.
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Prime coup suspect’s niece put in pre-trial detention
Esmaül Hüsna Öksüz, one of the cousins of Adil Öksüz, a major suspect in the investigations into the July 15 coup attempt has been arrested, adding up to a group of people jailed over their family ties to the latter.
#Esmaül_Hüsna was rounded up at a post office in Istanbul where she was going to send a package to his relatives in the US who are wanted over links the Gulen movement, media reported Saturday.
Turkey issues detention warrants for 25 air force officers on coup charges: report
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s offices on Monday issued detention warrants for 25 air force officers of varying ranks as part of an investigation into theTurkey’s Gülen group.
According to the state-run Anadolu news agency, 11 of the 25 were dismissed by a state of emergency decree, 12 were suspended and two had previously retired.
Turkish court sentences 20 journalists, media workers to jail over terror charges
An İstanbul court gave its verdict about 20 Turkish journalists and media employees in a trial known as Feza Gazetecilik and Cihan Media Distribution Co. case during the 4th hearing on Monday.
Following the 4t hearing of the trial, İstanbul 13th High Criminal Court, which is in the campus of the notorious Silivri Prison, ruled to sentence Cihan news agency executives Hakan Taşdelen, Ahmet Metin Sekizkardeş and Faruk Akkan, general director of Cihan news agency, 9 years in prison and continuation of their imprisonment.
The court has also given 7 years and 6 months to Cihan news agency employees Osman Nuri Arslan, Ahmet İrem and Yüksel Durgut in prison and decided for continuation of their judicial probe.
The same court sentenced Cuma Kaya, Alaattin Güner, Hüseyin Turan to 4 years in prison and Murat Avcıoğlu to 3 years, 1 month and 15 days in prison and decided to release them.
The İstanbul court has also decided for acquittal of Zafer Özsoy, Hüseyin Belli, Onur Kutlu, İsmail Küçük and Ali Hüseyin Çelebi from the charge of being a member of a terror organisation and ruled for releasing all of them from prison.
The court has also ruled to separate the files of Şeref Yılmaz, Osman Nuri Öztürk and Süleyman Sargın, the general director of Irmak TV, from the case while it ruled for acquittal of all other defendants from the charge of involvement into a coup attempt.
The trial of the case about Zaman daily employees and columnists Ali Bulaç, İbrahim Karayeğen, Mümtazer Türköne, Şahin Alpay, Mehmet Özdemir, Mustafa Ünal, Ahmet Turan Alkan, Nuriye Ural, İhsan Duran Dağı, Lalezar Sarıibrahimoğlu and Orhan Kemal Cengiz is going to be held on May 10 in İstanbul Çağlayan Courthouse.
An İstanbul prosecutor had demanded aggravated life sentences for nine journalists in a trial of employees of the former Zaman daily, which was closed by the government for its alleged affiliation with the Gülen movement.
There are 31 defendants in the indictment, 17 of whom are jailed. Mümtaz’er Türköne, Ali Bulaç, Ahmet Metin Sekizkardeş, Ahmet Turan Alkan, Alaattin Güner, Cuma Kaya, Faruk Akkan, Hakan Taşdelen, Hüseyin Turan, İbrahim Karayeğen, Mehmet Özdemir, Murat Avcıoğlu, Mustafa Ünal, Sedat Yetişkin, Şeref Yılmaz, Yüksel Durgut and Zafer Özsoy have been in pretrial detention for almost 19 months.
Eight defendants who were earlier released are Şahin Alpay, İhsan Dağı, Orhan Kemal Cengiz, Nuriye Akman, Lale Kemal, Onur Kutlu, İsmail Küçük and Hüseyin Belli. The remaining journalists are being tried in absentia.
Feza Gazetecilik owned the then-best selling Zaman daily, which was seized by the Turkish government on March 4, 2016 and closed down in the aftermath of a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016.
According to the prosecutor’s legal opinion, the nine prominent journalists, including Mümtaz’er Türköne, Ali Bulaç and Şahin Alpay, “violated the constitution.” In addition, the prosecutor demanded up to 15 years for each of the nine on charges of “membership in an armed organization.”
Other defendants for whom the same sentence was demanded are İbrahim Karayeğen, Mehmet Özdemir, Mustafa Ünal, Ahmet Turan Alkan, İhsan Duran Dağı and Orhan Kemal Cengiz.
For the 20 other defendants, who were tried on Monday, the prosecutor demanded jail sentences of between seven and 15 years at the most recent hearing. Those charges included “membership in an armed organization” and “aiding the organization without being a member of it.”
The court is expected to announce its decision for columnists and journalists on May 11.
At least 489 people detained over Gulen links in past week: data
At least 489 people were detained as part of investigations into the Gülen movement over the past week, according to government data.
In a written statement on Monday, the Interior Ministry said 489 people were rounded up in operations targeting the Gülen movement between Apr 23-30.
Turkish government accuses the movement of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt while the latter denies involvement.
Nearly 160,000 people have been detained and 80,000 arrested over ties to the movement since the summer of 2016.
Istanbul police detain 66 people during Tuesday’s May Day marches
Turkish police on Tuesday detained 66 people as they attempted to mark May Day by marching in Istanbul, Cumhuriyet reported.
According to the report, 56 people were detained in Beşiktaş, six in Maltepe, two in Beyoğlu and two in the Şişli district of Istanbul.
According to the Turkish media over 26,000 police officers have been on duty during the day in Istanbul.
The Turkish government banned Taksim Square for celebrations and asked people to use the Maltepe meeting area instead.
Detention warrants issued for 9 former Treasury employees
Detention warrants were issued for 9 people who worked at the Undersecretariat for Treasury until they were dismissed over links to the Gulen movement, on Wednesday.
A tenth individual is also wanted in the investigation
Ankara Public Prosecutor’s office issued the warrants and four were rounded at the time of writing, state-run Anadolu news agency said.
Some of the suspects are accused of using #ByLock mobile app that the government claims to be the top communication tool among Gulenists.
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118 houses in Izmir raided, 72 people detained over Gülen links
Seventy-two people were detained in İzmir province on Sunday morning in a police operation targeting members of the faith-based Gülen movement, according to the T24 news website.
Members of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) along with counterterrorism police raided 118 houses as part of an investigation into people who are allegedly helping Gülen-linked suspects in jail. The prosecutor accuses them of paying the rent of their families and lending them moral support.
The Fallen of Turkey’s Purge
Turkey survived a military coup attempt on July 15, 2016 that killed 249 people. Immediately after the putsch, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government along with President Erdoğan pinned the blame on the Gülen group.
The group denies any involvement.
Sınce the coup attempt, at least 106 people have died while in pre-trial detention or in exile somewhere in the world.
10 pro-Kurdish politicians including HDP co-chair arrested in run-up to snap elections
An İstanbul court arrested at least 10 pro-Kurdish politicans, including Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) İstanbul branch co-chair Cengiz Çiçek, according to the NTV news website.
On April 28, police had raided a public meeting held by the HDP in İstanbul and detained 41 people from the party and press. Following police interrogation, 31 of them were released on the same day, with the other 10 remaining in police custody until today.
Pro-Kurdish Dihaber reporter arrested over terror charges
#Gökhan_Öner, a reporter for the now-closed pro-Kurdish online news portal, Dihaber has been put in pretrial detention over terror charges.
Detained following a police raid on his home in Denizli on Apr 28, Oner has been kept in custody since then. Media said his detention came after a complaint over his articles published on Dihaber earlier.
Oner was jailed for pre-trial detention on charges of membership to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Saturday.
Turkey has arrested more than 300 journalists under the government’s post-coup emergency rule.
Detention warrants issued for 52 including doctors, engineers, teachers, pharmacists
At least 23 detained in operation targeting anti-gov’t foundation
Turkish police teams on Monday carried out operations against members of the Furkan Foundation, which is critical of the Turkish government, and detained 23 of its members.
The operations, which were based in the southern Turkish province of Adana, were conducted across 10 provinces including Elazığ, Malatya, Ankara, Gaziantep, İstanbul, Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, Konya and İzmir.
The detainees, who were taken into custody following simultaneous police raids, are reported to be responsible for the foundation’s financial and educational activities.
The Furkan Foundation has been facing growing pressure from the Turkish government due to the critical views of its president Alparslan Kuytul, in recent months.
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587 people detained over Gülen links in past week: gov’t
At least 587 people were detained as part of investigations into the Gülen movement over the past week, according to government data.
In a written statement on Monday, the Interior Ministry said 587 people were rounded up in operations targeting the Gülen movement between Apr 30 and May 7.
Indictment accuses 4 journalists of ‘leading an armed terrorist group’
A İstanbul prosecutor has accused four journalists from now-defunct Zaman newspaper of “leading an armed terrorist group,” which could lead to a sentence of up to 22 years, six month, P24 news portal reported.
The Zaman newspaper, which was seized on March 4, 2016 and then closed down by the Turkish government under a state of emergency declared in the aftermath of a coup attempt on July 15, 2016.
The same journalists — Zaman night-shift editor İbrahim Karayeğen, editor Mehmet Özdemir and columnists Orhan Kemal Cengiz and İhsan Dağı — were previouly accused by the same prosecutor of membership in a terrorist organization and playing a role in the coup.
In the news indictement, Karayeğen and Özdemir are now charged with “leading an armed terrorist group,” which could lead to a sentence of up to 22 years, six months.
On the other hand, Cengiz and Dağı are accused of “spreading propaganda for a terror organization” and requested a 13-year sentence for both.
A total of 30 columnists and staff members of Zaman, once one of Turkey’s highest circulating newspapers, are now on trial.
[#TAMAM] One million tweets say ‘#Enough’ to Turkish President Erdogan
More than one million people took to Twitter on Tuesday to call time on President Tayyip Erdogan, tweeting “Tamam” (“Enough”) hours after he promised to step down if “Turkish nation says enough” in the upcoming election.
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Istanbul lawyer detained due to social media postings
Istanbul-based lawyer #Sibel_Sevinç_Deveci has been detained due to her postings, deemed to be making propaganda on behalf of the Gulen group.
Deveci was detained at his home as part of an investigation in Istanbul on Tuesday.
Her detention came three days after he tweeted: “As a judicial member I know that they will try to pretend like they did not supported the AKP. It will happen very soon. Do not forget.” These postings has drawn harsh reaction from pro-government social media accounts since then.
Zaman columnist, in pre-trial detention for 21 months now, denied release during court appearance
A high criminal court in the western Turkish province of Uşak has ruled for the continuation of the arrest of former Zaman daily columnist #Ali_Ünal, who was jailed in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016.
Ünal’s trial resumed at the Uşak 2nd High Criminal Court on Thursday, when the journalist delivered his defense statement. It was the third hearing in the trial in which Ünal faces charges of attempting to perpetrate a coup and being a leader of a terrorist organization.
Ünal is among the dozens of journalists who were arrested in the aftermath of the coup attempt because the media outlets they used to work for had links to the Gülen movement, which is accused by the government of masterminding the failed coup.
Public accountant, in pre-trial detention for 22 months, given 9-year jail sentence
Kayseri-based public accountant, identified as M.Y., was given 8 years and 9 months jail sentence during his final court hearing, media said Thursday.
In pre-trial detention for 22 months, M.Y. was convicted of membership to the Gulen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15, 2016 failed coup. Gulenists deny involvement in the failed attempt.
Evidence against M.Y. include his previous business as a distributor of textbooks, published by Kaynak Holding and its affiliates that were seized over Gulen links recently.
Pro-Kurdish Ozgur Gundem’s managing editor detained
Journalist #Reyhan_Capan, the managing editor of the now-defunct pro-Kurdish daily Ozgur Gundem, has been taken under police custody in Artvin’s Hopa district.
Report: Purged architects, engineers banned from building inspector jobs until the year 3025
CHP report reveals gross human rights violations in Turkey’s overcrowded prisons
The report, based on data from Turkey’s Justice Ministry, was prepared by CHP Deputy Chairman Tekin Bingöl, who is responsible for human rights issues for the party.
According to the report, there are currently 228,993 people in Turkey’s prisons, 140,248 of whom have been convicted of a crime, while 88,745 are in pre-trial detention. These figures show that the prison population in Turkey has increased by 285 percent since the AKP came to power in 2002.
Due to the high prison population and lack of adequate space for prisoners, more than 20,000 inmates sleep in shifts, the report said.
967 people detained over Gulen links in past week alone: data
At least 967 people were detained as part of investigations into the Gülen movement over the past week, according to government data.
In a written statement on Monday, the Interior Ministry said 967 people were rounded up in operations targeting the Gülen movement between May 7-14.
30 Turkish nationals fled Turkey to Greece each day since Erdogan called for snap elections: report
About 30 Turks have been arriving on a daily basis since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for snap elections to be held next month, according to Greek media.
Kathimerini said Monday that some 30 Turkish nationals have fled Turkey to Greece each day since Erdogan announced that Turkey would hold presidential and general polls earlier than scheduled.
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Turkish government seizes 15 Merzifon-based companies including jewelry store, grocery, drugstore
Fifteen more companies were seized as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement, which the Turkish government blames for the July 15, 2016 failed coup, media reported Monday.
A trustee panel was appointed to 15 companies in the Merzifon district in Turkey’s Amasya. The measure was taken on accusations of providing financial support to a terror group.
Turkeypurge.com has learned that among the companies seized by the government are a plastics manufacturer specializing in custom and stock marine parts for the boating industry, two construction and consulting companies, a drug store, and a jewellry store.
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Six companies seized from critical businessman to be liquidated: gov’t
Six companies seized from the government-seized Dumankaya Holding would be liquidated, state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) said Tuesday.
According to TMSF’s statement, the companies to be liquidated are as follows: Dumankaya Dış Ticaret ve Pazarlama; Dumankaya Holding; Dumankaya Kentsel Dönüşüm Proje Geliştirme; Dumankaya ve Mazaya İnşaat; Shov Oto Sanayi ve Ticaret; and Dumankaya Teknoloji.
The liquidation doesn’t concern Dumankaya’s flagship construction firm. TMSF earlier said that the agency is in talks with a German company to complete Dumankaya’s now-halted construction projects.
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Turkish folk singer arrested at airport to serve 10 months in prison over terror charges
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) party council member #Pınar_Aydınlar, also a famous folk singer, was arrested on Tuesday due to a final judgment by the İzmir 2nd High Criminal Court, immediately upon her arrival at İstanbul Atatürk Airport from Germany, the Cumhuriyet daily reported.
The court’s original verdict, in which Aydınlar was convicted of “disseminating terrorist propaganda” in an election campaign speech in İzmir province in 2015, was two years, one month in prison, which was reduced to 10 months on appeal.
Following her arrest, she was brought to Bakırköy Women’s Prison in İstanbul, where she will spend seven and a half months. On her way to İstanbul from Germany early in the morning, Aydınlar tweeted a message to her followers, saying, “I don’t prefer Europe’s fancy streets to my country’s prisons. Time to come back! Hope to see you in free days! Jin Jiyan Azadi [women, life, freedom]!”
Turkish gov’t used controversial app to spy on citizens who attended landmark opposition march: report
Turkish authorities used spy software developed by a German firm to infiltrate the smartphones of members of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) during a march launched by the party’s leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu last summer in protest of the arrest of a party deputy, according to several German media outlets.
German daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and public broadcasters NDR and WDR reported the news based on a study by digital rights group Access Now.
According to Access Now’s findings, Turkish officials used the program “#Finspy” by #Finfisher, based in Munich, to spy on members of the CHP primarily during the march, called the “March of Justice,” which lasted for three weeks.
Access Now found evidence that fake Twitter accounts posted links to websites that promised to inform protesters about the demonstration if they downloaded a smartphone app.
The app included Finspy software and allowed the Turkish government to gain real-time access to the smartphone owners’ contacts, photos and videos.
A security expert at Germany’s University of Bochum independently analyzed the software and told Süddeutsche Zeitung, NDR and WDR that “it appeared to be a newer version” of previous Finspy software.
FinFisher refused to comment on the story when contacted by Süddeutsche Zeitung, NDR and WDR.
Curdi: storia di Nurcan, donna e giornalista perseguitata in Turchia
Essere curdi, donne e giornalisti nella Turchia di Erdogan può essere molto rischioso. Come dimostra la storia di Nurcan Baysal, che sta pagando sulla propria pelle questa condizione. E che, con il suo lavoro infaticabile, si è meritata il premio “globale” del Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk, un riconoscimento assegnato proprio oggi dall’ong irlandese Front Line Defenders a cinque attivisti, associazioni e movimenti, uno per ciascuna regione del mondo.
Opposition IYI Party supporter put in pre-trial detention over alleged terror propaganda
#Kerim_Çoraklık, the alleged head of the communications team of the opposition İYİ (Good) Party and an advisor to the party’s leader, Meral Akşener, who was detained on charges of disseminating the propaganda of the Gülen movement earlier this month, was arrested on Monday.
IYI Party executives earlier denied any official link between Coraklik and the party. His Twitter account campaigned for IYI Party until he was detained earlier this month.
Çoraklık was taken into custody in Ankara on May 8 as part of an investigation carried out by the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office due to his social media posts, which allegedly praised the Gülen movement, accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016.
Cihan news agency editor gets 7.5-year prison sentence
Journalist Kazım Canlan, the Ankara editor of the Cihan news agency before it was shut down, has been sentenced to 7.5 years in jail.
In pre-trial detention in an Ankara prison on charges of membership to a terror group for months now, Canlan appeared before the court via teleconference system for his final hearing earlier this month.
Canlan is accused of having used ByLock mobile app and Bank Asya accounts for his banking transactions. The government sees the two as an evidence of links to the Gulen movement.
The court overseeing his case sentenced Canlan to 7.5 years in prison.
District governor in Trabzon province detained over Gulen links
#İbrahim_Halil_Şivgan, the governor of Trabzon’s Arakli district was detained over his alleged links to the Gülen movement, on Monday.
State-run Anadolu news agency said Şivgan was taken into custody by Trabzon police on charges of membership to a terror group.
104 more military personnel get aggravated life imprisonment over coup charges
An İzmir court on Monday handed down aggravated life sentences to 104 of 137 suspects for their alleged role in a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
On Friday an Istanbul court sentenced 57 air force cadets to life and six others to aggravated life for their alleged role in the failed coup attempt.
Civil engineer gets 8 years and 9 months in prison over Gulen links
Police detain 9 tax inspectors in Turkey’s Hatay
Nine tax inspectors were detained as part of an investigation into Gulen movement supporters in the southern province of Hatay on Wednesday.
Hatay police carried out operations at several locations and rounded up the nine suspects, some of whom were earlier dismissed from their jobs over Gulen links.
Doctor jailed as part of Turkey’s post-coup purge commits suicide in pre-trial detention
#Ibrahim_Halil_Özyavuz, a medical doctor who was put in pre-trial detention a month ago over his alleged ties to the Gulen movement, has reportedly committed suicide in Silivri Prison.
[VIDEO] Jailed doctor did not commit suicide but died due to torture: family
Family members of İbrahim Halil Özyavuz, a medical doctor who was jailed in May over alleged links to the Gülen movement, said that Özyavuz did not commit suicide as previously reported but rather died after he was subjected to heavy torture by police officers while he was in pretrial detention.
Former judge, 10 others detained while escaping from Turkey to Greece
A total of 11 people have been stopped near in Edirne province while they were reportedly on their way to Greece, media reported.
State-run Anadolu news agency said Monday that Edirne police stopped caught 11 people in 2 cars and a bus near Ipsala district.
Eleven suspects include former judge Ismail Kurt as well as doctors, engineers and teachers who were earlier removed from their jobs as part of the Turkish government’s post-coup crackdown.
Man, in hiding from gov’t crackdown, dies due to delayed treatment as wife detained during funeral
A Turkish man, claimed to be a teacher with an outstanding arrest warrant over his links to the Gulen movement, has died during his long overdue treatment at hospital while his wife has been reportedly detained at the funeral.
Several social media accounts claimed Sunday that #Esra_Celik was detained during the funeral of her 30-year-old husband Mehmet Celik who had a lung problem but was unable to seek medical treatment due to the arrest warrant.
When he ended up going to hospital for treatment, it was so late for a recovery that he passed away during the surgery.
On Sunday, Mrs Celik was detained during her husband’s funeral in Hatay and was taken to 1000-km-away Manisa province where the investigation against her was originated. The accusations against Mrs Celik were unknown at the time of writing.
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Housewife detained while destroying copies of gov’t-banned magazine
An Antalya woman, identified as R.Y., was detained while she was burning copies of #Sizinti magazine, media reported.
Police has long been watching R.Y., a housewife who was earlier investigated for allegedly making propaganda on behalf of the Gulen movement.
When she attempted to destroy some copies of Sizinti magazine near her home, police rounded her up, Hurriyet said June 8.
District governor covers pro-Kurdish party’s election banners with Turkish flag
Banners and election campaign materials of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) have been covered with Turkish flag in Van’s Gurpinar district upon an order by the city’s governor #Osman_Doğramacı.
Doğramacı also holds the mayor’s office as the Turkish government earlier seized the administration of the municipality over terror charges.
492 people detained over Gülen links in past week: gov’t
At least 492 people were detained as part of investigations into the Gülen movement over the past week, according to government data.
In a written statement on Monday, the Interior Ministry said 568 people were rounded up in operations targeting the Gülen movement between June 4-11.
Prosecutor extends detention of journalist, known for investigative reporting on 2016 failed coup
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday extended the detention of #Ece_Sevim_Öztürk, a journalist known for her investigative reporting on a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016.
Öztürk, also the editor-in-chief of the Çağdaşses news website, was detained by İstanbul police on June 8 over “terrorist propaganda,” a reference to her recent reporting, including a documentary on the coup.
Report: Former police chief, in pre-trial detention for 23 months, dies of cancer
Former police chief #İsmail_Ülker, 42, has died of colon cancer after he spent 23 months in pre-trial detention, media reported Sunday.
Jailed over his alleged ties to the Gulen movement in July, 2016, Ulker was denied release from prison despite his successive requests. Having spent 23 months behind bars pending trial, he was taken to a hospital for his cancer treatment only a month ago.
119 people detained over Gülen links in past week: gov’t
At least 119 people were detained as part of investigations into the Gülen movement over the past week, according to government data.
In a written statement on Monday, the Interior Ministry said 119 people were rounded up in operations targeting the Gülen movement between June 11-18.
Turkey seeks 15 years in prison for Enes Kanter’s father
A Turkish prosecutor has charged NBA star Enes Kanter’s father with “membership in a terror group,” seeking 15 years in jail for him.
An indictment prepared by the public prosecutor’s office in Turkey’s Tekirdag province has been accepted by a penal court in the same city, pro-government Yeni Safak newspaper reported Monday.
Kanter’s father, an academic who was earlier removed his job at the Istanbul-based Medeniyet University over his alleged ties to the Gulen movement, has been charged with membership to the same group.
Istanbul court jails investigative journalist #Öztürk on terror charges
An Istanbul court on Wednesday sent another Turkish journalist to prison on terror charges.
Ece Sevim Öztürk, an İstanbul-based Turkish journalist known for her investigative reporting on a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016, was sent to prison after spending 13 days in police custody.
She was reportedly jailed for “aiding the Gülen group,” which is accused by the government of masterminding the failed attempt.
Öztürk, who is the editor-in-chief of the Çağdaşses news website, was initially detained by İstanbul police on June 8 on allegations of spreading “terrorist propaganda,” a reference to her recent reporting, including a documentary on the coup.
Amnesty’s Taner Kılıç remains in prison, İstanbul court rules
The İstanbul 35th High Criminal Court on Thursday ruled to continue the pretrial detention of Amnesty International’s honorary Turkey chair, Taner Kılıç, at the fourth hearing of the trial of 11 human rights activists.
Some of the activists, who were taken into police custody on July 5, 2017 during a meeting on Büyükada, one of İstanbul’s Princes’ Islands, have been accused of membership in a terrorist organization, while others are charged with aiding a terrorist organization without membership in it.
87 people with outstanding arrest warrants detained while casting votes in Turkey’s elections
At least 87 people were detained at polling stations where they stopped to cast their votes in the elections on Sunday.
Turkey held presidential and parliamentary polls on June 24, 2018. With the official voting results were yet to be disclosed by the Supreme Election Council (YSK) at the time of writing, state-run Anadolu news agency said in a report that 87 people were detained at the polling stations.
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“I am being detained by police in front of my house,” tweets former main opposition deputy
Eren Erdem, a former main opposition deputy and a member of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), tweeted early on Friday that he was taken into custody by police in front of his house.
“I was just detained. I do not know the reason. I was detained by police in front of my house,” Erdem tweeted early on Friday morning.
Mr Erdem, an outspoken critic of the Turkish government and the management of his own party, CHP, was not included on his party’s nomination list for the June 24 general election.
Turkey issues detention warrants for 192 military personnel: report
Turkish authorities have issued detention warrants for a total of 192 military personnel over alleged links to the Gülen group, accused of orchestrating a failed coup two years ago, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing authorities and media.
Among the military personnel sought by the Ankara prosecutors are one former brigadier general and 30 pilots, 99 members of the air force.
It said the detainees were suspected of being in contact with the network of the cleric, Fethullah Gülen, and of communicating with it via periodic pay phone calls, a method believed to be used by supporters of the group.
In a separate series of operations, authorities ordered the detention of 93 personnel from the army, navy and coast guard, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
Former intelligence chief ‘found dead’ in prison cell : report
#Zeki_Güven, a former police intelligence chief who was fired from his job in 2015, was “found dead” in his prison cell in Sincan, Ankara, on Sunday, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
Mr. Güven was dismissed from his latest position as assistant chief of police in Bolu over his alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group. After a coup attempt on July 15, 2016, an Ankara court issued a detention warrant for him on accusiation of “membership in a terrorist organization.”
Former Istanbul prosecutor in solitary confinement for 500 days: son
Former Istanbul prosecutor #Sadrettin_Sarikaya has been held in solitary confinement for more than 500 days, according to his son.
Sarikaya, the prosecutor who had called the intelligence chief Hakan Fidan for testimony as part of a 2012 investigation into the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), was dismissed from the post over his alleged ties to the Gulen movement and jailed pending trial in February, 2017.
Turkey detains 15,190 ‘Gülenists’ in first half of 2018: interior ministry
The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 777 people have been detained in the past week due to alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, bringing the total number of people detained in first half of the year to 15,190.
The Gülen group is accused of masterminding a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016.
The group denies any involvement.
Since the attempt, the Turkish gov’t has suspended or dismissed more than 150,000 judges, teachers, police and civil servants since July 15. On December 13, 2017 the Justice Ministry announced that 169,013 people have been the subject of legal proceedings on coup charges since the failed coup.
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced on April 18, 2018 that the Turkish government had jailed 77,081 people between July 15, 2016 and April 11, 2018 over alleged links to the Gülen group.
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Arrest warrant issued for Turkish folk singer #Gokmen
An arrest warrant was issued for Turkish folk singer Gokmen Ürü over his alleged ties to the Gulen movement.
State-run Anadolu news agency said Sunday that a prosecutor in Turkey’s eastern province of Mardin issued an arrest warrant for Gokmen and that police raided several locations across the country to detain him.
The singer is believed to be living abroad.
#Izolyatsia, the Ukrainian cultural factory
Izolyatsia promotes artistic and cultural events. Its headquarters were in Donbass before war broke out, now they are in Kiev. However, their values have remained the same: to guarantee freedom of opinion
Southeastern Europe: not very digital
According to the data recently released by the European Commission, the EU member states in Southeastern Europe are among the least digital in the continent
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#Balkans #Internet #Europe
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IPI condemns Turkey’s arrest of #RSF representative
Erol Önderoğlu among three taken into custody for supporting Kurdish daily
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#Turquie #liberté_de_presse #presse #journalisme #médias #arrestation #condamnation #académiciens_pour_la_paix
Erol Önderoğlu, Şebnem Korur Fincancı ve Ahmet Nesin Tutuklandı
Özgür Gündem gazetesinde nöbetçi genel yayın yönetmenliği yaptıkları gerekçesiyle «terör örgütü propagandası yapmak» ile suçlanan Önderoğlu, Korur Fincancı ve Nesin tutuklandı.
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Urgent statement – Arrest of the President of Human Rights Foundation of Turkey and two journalists
President of Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (HRFT), Şebnem Korur Fincancı, together with Erol Önderoğlu (a Journalist from Reporters Without Borders) and the author Ahmet Nesin have just been sent to prison, on Court order, after they participated in campaign against the censoring of the newspaper Özgür Gündem.
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Bianet journalist Erol Önderoğlu Arrested
TİHV President Fincancı, RSF Turkey Representative and bianet rapporteur Önderoğlu and journalist author Nesin have been arrested on charge of “terror propaganda” for joining Özgür Gündem daily’s Editor-in-Chief on Watch campaign
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Reporters Without Borders: Arrest of colleague in Turkey ‘unbelievable low’ for press freedom
ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities on Monday arrested the local representative for Reporters Without Borders, a global press freedom watchdog, in a move likely to draw further criticism of a government already under fire for its crackdown on dissent.
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Yavuz Baydar: A noble profession has turned into a curse
I have known Erol Önderoğlu for ages. This gentle soul has been monitoring the ever-volatile state of Turkish journalism more regularly than anybody else. His memory, as the national representative of the Reporters Without Borders, has been a prime source of reference for what we ought to know about the state of media freedom and independence.
Fnsi: intervenga l’Ue per il rilascio di Erol Önderoğlu
La Federazione nazionale della stampa italiana firma la petizione di Reporter Senza Frontiere e chiede l’intervento dell’Ue per il rilascio di Erol Önderoğlu, rappresentante RSF Turchia e giornalista di Bianet arrestato il 20 giugno
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Le journaliste Erol Önderoglu est libre
Coupables d’avoir exprimé leur soutien à un média pro-kurde, trois symboles de la liberté d’expression entravée en Turquie ont été remis en liberté conditionnelle. La solidarité internationale a payé.
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Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Erol Önderoğlu Released
Turkey Human Rights Foundation (TİHV) Chair Şebnem Korur Fincancı, and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Turkey Representative and bianet rapporteur Erol Önderoğlu who got arrested on charge of “terror organization propaganda” for participating in Özgür Gündem daily’s Editor-in-Chief on Watch campaign.
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Ukraine : journalists blacklisted
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#journalisme #Ukraine #russie #press_freedom #blacklist #Scoundrels #Donbass #Crimea
#Ukraine 2016 : where is the state ?
Is there a way to develop a country where there is virtually no trust for the state? If someone thinks so, please let us know
▻http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Ukraine/Ukraine-2016-where-is-the-state-171206
La crisi della solidarietà europea: questioni legali
Una rassegna di alcune problematiche che dividono gli Stati membri alle prese con la crisi dei rifugiati. Intervista a Irene Wieczorek, ricercatrice all’Istituto per gli Studi Europei
▻http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/aree/Turchia/La-crisi-della-solidarieta-europea-questioni-legali-170945
#asile #migrations #politique_migratoire #politique_d'asile #droit_d'asile #droit #réfugiés #Autriche #Schengen #accord #Turquie #UE #Europe #frontières
#LGBT in #Donbas : Back to the USSR
The war in the Donbas region, which began in 2014, has created a humanitarian crisis in eastern #Ukraine. The status of people from the LGBT community has also been affected
▻http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Ukraine/LGBT-in-Donbas-Back-to-the-USSR-170214
#homosexualité
Ukraine: the fate of displaced persons
War in the Ukraine has caused about 1,5 million internally displaced persons. The living conditions of those who have fled the war zone in the east of the country are often very difficult. Report
▻http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Regions-and-countries/Ukraine/Ukraine-the-fate-of-displaced-persons-170213
#Ukraine #IDPs #déplacés_internes #réfugiés #migrations #asile
#Ukraine, the media after Maidan
![https://www.article19.org/img.php?f=/data/images/Altans.jpg&p=toWidth&o=jpg&a[width]=512](https://www.article19.org/img.php?f=/data/images/Altans.jpg&p=toWidth&o=jpg&a[width]=512){kind=link}
In the post Maidan Ukraine, there is growing ambition amongst students of journalism and journalists to make information more independent. Report
▻http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Regions-and-countries/Ukraine/Ukraine-the-media-after-Maidan-170078
#journalisme #médias #presse
Unfrozen Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh | Foreign Affairs
▻https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/armenia/2016-04-12/unfrozen-conflict-nagorno-karabakh
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The early April clash between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in Nagorno-Karabakh was the bloodiest since Russia brokered a cease-fire between the countries to end the fighting in the region in 1994. The fighting in April left some 30 people, soldiers and civilians, dead. And it did nothing to resolve a conflict that has simmered since the Russian intervention.
The dispute’s intractability stems both from present-day complications and from incompatible historical narratives, conceptions of justice, and feelings of victimization on both sides. Emotion-laden issues of land, identity, and honor have made it nearly impossible over the last 20 years for mediators to nudge the adversaries toward the compromises essential for any durable political settlement.
Nagorno Karabakh: the hate speech factor
In the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, words play a crucial role. Security and confidence building initiatives should include the foundation of a brand new glossary
▻http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Regions-and-countries/Nagorno-Karabakh/Nagorno-Karabakh-the-hate-speech-factor-169907
#haine #discours_haineux #mots #terminologie #vocabulaire