by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 6, 2016 | Middle East
Twenty suspects, including Turkish soldiers and a deputy governor, have landed in jail pending trial, accused of belonging to a “sleeper cell” to be activated if the July military coup attempt had been successful, state-run Anadolu news Agency said...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 1, 2016 | Middle East
Turkish authorities on Saturday detained 15 staff from one of the country’s oldest universities on suspicion of links to U.S.-based preacher Fethullah Gulen. The raids were the latest against suspects allegedly linked to the failed July 15 coup. Those detained...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 30, 2016 | Middle East
Turkey has ordered the closure of 20 television and radio stations on charges they spread “terrorist propaganda”, adding to fears that emergency rule is being used to stifle the media. An official at the Radio and Television Supreme Council, the state...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 28, 2016 | Middle East
Turkey’s justice minister said Wednesday courts have placed 32,000 suspects under arrest ahead of trial on alleged links to a group run by Fethullah Gulen who is blamed for the July 15 coup, adding the country may have to build new courthouses to cope with thousands...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 27, 2016 | Features
Washington- A network of more than 150 U.S. charter schools linked to followers of Fethullah Gulen, the Pennsylvania-based cleric the Turkish government blames for instigating July’s failed coup, has come under growing financial and legal strain, according to...
