Fethullah Gülen’in onursal başkanı olduğu Niagara Vakfı'nın yöneticisi ve AKP eski Milletvekili Mehmet İhsan Arslan’ın damadı olan Mevlüt Hilmi Çınar, dikkat çeken mesajlar yayımladı.
May 5, 2021 at 1:48 pm | Published in: Europe & Russia, News, Turkey
Turkish police officers stand guard outside Istanbul s Hagia Sophia on March 16, 2019 in Istanbul [YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images] May 5, 2021 at 1:48 pm
The Turkish police have forcibly removed 76 terrorism-linked volunteers from three mosques in southern Turkey. The gatherings, said officers, violated Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
According to the Governor of Gaziantep, These people called themselves Alparslan Kuytul Volunteers and gathered on 2 May after the night prayer in three mosques. All, it was said, have been investigated in the past for terrorism-related offences.
It was reported that, despite warnings from the mosque imams, they insisted that they would not leave the buildings.
Turkey bans filming at protests to hide police violence, rights groups say As Ankara tries to ban recordings of both citizens and police at protests, press freedom advocates in Turkey are fighting back. Turkish police detain a demonstrator during a May Day rally in Istanbul, on May 1, 2021. - BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images
May 3, 2021
Turkish civil rights groups are taking legal action on a controversial circular issued April 30 by Turkey’s General Directorate of Security banning all audio-visual recordings of citizens and police at protests, in a further blow to press freedom in Turkey.
The Ankara Bar Association has demanded the circular be repealed. Its timing suggested that its immediate purpose was to prevent reporting on protests planned for May Day, when police brutality against demonstrators typically soars. In its petition to the Council of State, which adjudicates administrative decisions, the bar association noted that immediately after the circular
Turkish police remove followers of Islamist figure from mosques
This content was published on May 3, 2021 - 18:16
May 3, 2021 - 18:16
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish authorities forcibly removed followers of an Islamist figure from three mosques in southern Turkey, saying their prayer gatherings were a provocation against COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.
Footage showed police scuffling with a group of people in a mosque in the province of Gaziantep on Sunday and forcibly taking them out, while some yelled: We are reading the Koran. One officer could be seen using pepper spray.
Turkey has imposed a full lockdown until mid-May to try to cut rates of COVID-19 infection which have soared in recent weeks.