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Eighty-year-old couple in Van jailed for ‘aiding an illegal organization’

Eighty-year-old couple in Van jailed for ‘aiding an illegal organization’

A couple aged 79 and 80 were sent to jail after their sentences were confirmed by the court of appeal.

Sur District Co-Mayors Arrested

Sur District Co-Mayors Arrested

Detained in Diyarbakır on December 20, Sur District Co-Mayors Filiz Buluttekin and Cemal Özdemir have been arrested on charge of “being members of a terrorist organization”.

24 December 2019

Video Support from Her Students

FREEDOM TO BÜŞRA ERSANLI

Video Support from Her Students

In order to protest the imprisonment of Büşra Ersanlı, “The Students of Büşra Ersanlı” prepared a video series. Ersanlı speaks about ‘love’, with the help of her supporters' voice.

Conscientious Objector Savda Arrested again

Conscientious Objector Savda Arrested again

Conscientious objector Savda was arrested and taken to prison upon the approval of a five-month prison sentence on charges of "alienating the public from military service". Amnesty International Turkey and the Human Rights Foundation condemned his arrest.

27 February 2012 Ekin Karaca

Barred MP Candidate Gürbüz Arrested

Barred MP Candidate Gürbüz Arrested

The independent candidate of Elazığ, İsa Gürbüz, was arrested under allegations of "membership of an illegal organization" after having been interrogated for two days. Gürbüz supports the Labour, Democracy and Freedom Block.

1 July 2011 Ekin Karaca

Member of National Intelligence Agency Arrested

ERGENEKON INVESTIGATION

Member of National Intelligence Agency Arrested

Kaşif Kozinoğlu, member of the National Intelligence Agency, was arrested on 11 March. His home had recently been searched together with the office of the Oda TV news portal in the scope of the Ergenekon probe. He is alleged of leaking classified information.

Former Chief of Police Arrested

REVOLUTIONARY HEADQUARTERS ORGANIZATION

Former Chief of Police Arrested

Former Eskişehir Chief of Police Avcı, author of the book "Simons in the Golden Horn", was arrested in Istanbul under allegations of "aiding the Revolutionary Headquarters Organization". Avcı commented: "We turned out to be right, they arrested us".

29 September 2010 Burçin Belge