Government turns back to #OccupyGezi activists, targets Çarşı #çArşıYalnızDeğildir

Prosecutors accused members of çArşı of ‘attempting to overthrow the gov’t’ in Arab Spring-like fashion
The protest comes as 10 construction workers were killed in a labor accident
10 işçinin öldüğü inşaat alınının havadan görüntüleri
After the workplace murder that left 10 workers dead, the majority of workers at Torun Center construction site left the premisses. Another group of workers, along with their unions, protested the incident
Ozan Kose (AFP)
The company constructing a skyscraper where 10 workers were killed after an elevator plunged from the 32nd floor has backing from the government, HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş has said
President Erdoğan brings an end to a Turkish state tradition
Turkey’s new foreign minister expressed concerns that the PKK could receive international weapons meant to combat the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant

The arrested officers include an ex-financial crime unit chief involved in the Dec 17 graft raids


AKP pursues scorched-earth tactics against Gulenists

Al-Monitor

Thirty-five of the policemen were jailed pending trial. Among them were well-known figures who handled the Ergenekon and Sledgehammer coup probes in 2008-2011 that dismantled the “military’s tutelage.” In the second wave, on Aug. 5, 33 policemen were


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