Tag: MedyaNews (medyanews.net) (Total 4)

Confessions of a former Turkish National Intelligence official
Confessions of a former Turkish National Intelligence official
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Mehmet Eymür, a former senior official at MİT, openly spoke about how a crime boss was used in an armed operation in Germany to target the PKK, how the agency had failed to assassinate Abdullah Öcalan in Syria, and how torture has always been a legitimate method used in interrogating political prisoners.

Turkey: Soldiers on operation beat up villagers
Turkey: Soldiers on operation beat up villagers
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Soldiers beat up elderly people in a village in the Ömeryan district of Mardin last week. Abdurrahman Din (73) said he was kicked even after falling to the ground.

Turkey: Academic arrested for sharing the word ‘Kurdistan’ on social media
Turkey: Academic arrested for sharing the word ‘Kurdistan’ on social media
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An academic from Fırat University was first suspended and then arrested for writing the word ‘Kurdistan’ on Twitter

Letter from journalist serving a 70 year sentence in prison
Letter from journalist serving a 70 year sentence in prison
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Sami Tunca, a journalist sentenced to a total of 70 years in prison, sent a letter from prison saying, ‘journalism is the most dangerous profession in Turkey.’