Students questioned about lawful activities in Gaziantep investigation targeting Gülen followers - Turkish Minute

Students questioned about lawful activities in Gaziantep investigation targeting Gülen followers - Turkish Minute

The number of people, mostly students, detained this week as part of a sweeping operation targeting alleged members of the faith-based Gülen movement has risen to 320, with questions obtained by Turkish Minute that are being used in their interrogation show that the detainees are being questioned over constitutionally protected and otherwise lawful activities.

Turkish lawyer calls on colleagues for immediate action amid mass detentions over Gülen links  - Stockholm Center for Freedom

In the wake of the mass detention of more than 300 people in multiple provinces across Turkey ordered by prosecutors in Gaziantep over alleged links to the Gülen movement, lawyer Özge Elif Hendekçi has urged the Gaziantep Bar Association to take urgent action and advocate for their release, the TR724 news website reported.  A member of the Istanbul Bar Association, Hendekçi called on her colleagues to head to the courthouse and represent the det…

SEVİNÇ ÖZARSLAN | TR724 NEWS CENTER İstanbul Bar Association lawyer Özge Elif Hendekçi called on all bar associations, especially the Union of Turkish Bar Associations and the Gaziantep Bar Association, and her colleagues regarding the 208 students who were detained in house raids conducted in 47 provinces centered in Gaziantep yesterday, asking that the students not be left alone. She herself served 5 years and 5 months in prison with her daugh…