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Sunday, July 23, 2017

An unlucky couple in Antalya…

This couple in Antalya was detained briefly because they wore a t-shirt with a text “hero.” They stated that they don’t follow news that much. If they followed, they would have seen this:

[Turkey arrests man with ‘hero‘ T-shirt during coup trial]

Since this guy in the coup trial, “hero” t-shirt wearing citizens all over Turkey are assumed to be Gülenist suspects. Thanks to eager citizens, t-shirt wearing citizens are promply informed to police and they are detained- mostly briefly.

Thus, this cheap t-shirt, actually manufactured by Defact0– a pro-AKP textile company is now another “victim” of a growing paranoid mind…

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Probe urged into ‘hero’ t-shirt wearing Turkey suspect

Anadolu Agency

Hero‘ T-Shirt Prompts Wave Of Arrests In Turkey

NDTV–11 hours ago

Police across Turkey have been detaining people wearing T-shirts with the word ‘Hero‘ in English in white capital letters against a black

Law student under custody after lecturer reported him for wearing …

Turkey Purge–15 hours ago

Turkish police detained a law student at Ankara University, identified with his first name Dogan, for wearing “hero” T-shirt during an exam on

Two factory workers, waiter under custody for wearing ‘hero‘ T-shirts

Turkey Purge–Jul 21, 2017

Two workers at a Sakarya factory and a waiter in Turkey’s Antalya province were detained for wearing Hero T-shirts on Friday. 29-year-old M.S

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New photo from Facebook July 23, 2017 at 12:53PM

“Antik Şehir” (Ancient City, William Höglund Mayer) via Reddit. via Facebook Pages http://ift.tt/1heKubC

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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

New photo from Facebook July 19, 2017 at 11:26AM

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Monday, July 17, 2017

New photo from Facebook July 17, 2017 at 01:35PM

1. Dünya Savaşı’nda Fillerin savaş aracı olarak kullanılması…via Reddit. via Facebook Pages http://ift.tt/1heKubC

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For the record; all citizens using mobile phone services had to listen to Erdoğan’s voice message on the 15 July commemoration…

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Erdoğan voice message surprises Turkey mobile users on failed coup anniversary

Mobile phone users in Turkey were surprised to hear a voice message by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan when placing a call around midnight on the anniversary of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt.

Human Rights Defenders Are Still Behind Bars in Turkey

Global Voices Online by Zara Rahman

A police officer fires teargas in Istanbul during the Gezi Park protests, June 2013. Photo by Mstyslav Chernov via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Eight of Turkey’s most respected human rights defenders were arrested last week, along with two information technology trainers from Sweden and Germany. All ten of those arrested are still in police custody but have not been charged with any crime.

Turkey, a year after the attempted coup, is defending democratic values | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Western leaders have a choice: stand with the terrorists or stand with the Turkish people

• Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is president of Turkey

Today marks the first anniversary of the 15 July coup attempt in Turkey. Exactly one year ago, millions of Turkish citizens set aside their political, cultural and ethnic differences to form a united front against the plotters who tried to suspend our country’s constitution, shot at innocent civilians and bombed the parliament. Together, the people of Turkey refused to allow an armed group to rob them of democracy, liberty and their way of life.

In the year since Turkey’s failed coup, democracy has become near dictatorship | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan exploited the crisis to lead a purge against all oppositional voices to rule by decree. It could have all been handled so differently

• Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu is leader of Turkey’s opposition Republican People’s party

Today marks the first anniversary of a heinous attempted coup in Turkey. A group of soldiers, belonging to Fethullah Gülen’s network, led an attempt to overthrow Turkish democracy. The attempt foundered in the face of the resistance of our people and the overwhelming majority of the Turkish armed forces. There were 249 people who lost their lives in the events of 15 July. Elected representatives rushed to the parliament to defend our democracy. MPs from my party were at the forefront of this effort. I immediately condemned the coup attempt and instructed our members to defend the parliament. Government sources and media circulated my condemnation message all night so it was this unified stance that helped to secure the coup’s failure.

Erdogan and Supporters Stage Rally on Anniversary of Failed Coup

NYT > Turkey by By PATRICK KINGSLEY

The event this weekend was the centerpiece of an elaborate day of pageantry that implicitly placed the president as the hero.

President Erdogan tells BBC: EU wastes Turkey’s time

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

The EU is “not indispensable” and Turkey can “stand on its own two feet”, President Erdogan says.

ECtHR Turns Down 12,600 Applications Concerning Statutory Decrees

Bianet :: English

The Ministry of Justice has announced that the ECtHR has turned down 12,600 applications concerning statutory decrees addressing the State of Emergency Commission.

Inside Erdogan’s Prisons

NYT > Turkey by By SAFAK PAVEY

Thousands arrested after Turkey’s failed coup last July are held in abysmal prison conditions.

The Guardian view on post-coup Turkey: don’t rebuild on vengeance | Editorial

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Editorial

President Erdoğan is a strongman who is tightening his grip on power and using punishment as an occasion for a new constitutional settlement“We remain committed to justice,” wrote the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in this newspaper in an article marking the first anniversary of the 15 July coup attempt to remove the government of his ruling Justice and Development party (AKP). However, the question is what sort of justice President Erdoğan wants his country to commit to? In a speech this weekend to thousands of supporters, he seemed to be advocating capital punishment as a form of judicial retribution – saying that if parliament voted for a bill bringing back the death penalty, he would approve cutting off traitors’ heads. Such a move would set Turkey back in terms of both foreign and domestic politics.

One year later

VICE News

Istanbul was an unsettling place in the lead-up to last year’s July 15 coup attempt. In those fearful days people were afraid to leave their apartments

Dire year for journalists under state of emergency in Turkey | Reporters without borders

rsf.org – Jul 13, 6:20 AM

A year ago, on 15 July 2016, the Turkish people managed to thwart a bloody coup attempt. But instead of reflecting the people’s democratic aspirations in its response, the government has carried out an unprecedented crackdown on the pretext of