A Turkish court sentenced at least 64 academics and former staff of the Denizli-based Pamukkale University in prison between 18 months and 9 years.
The Denizli 5th High Criminal Court held the final hearing as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement’s alleged network within Pamukkale University on Saturday. 64 out of 115 suspects were given prison sentences of between 18 months to 8 years and 9 months, mostly on charges of membership to the Gülen movement.
Meanwhile, 48 of the suspects were acquitted of the charges with the remaining 3 having their cases separated from the others.
Turkey survived a controversial military coup attempt on July 15, 2016 that killed 249 people. Immediately after the putsch, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government along with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pinned the blame on the Gülen movement.
Fethullah Gülen, who inspired the movement, strongly denied having any role in the failed coup and called for an international investigation into it, but President Erdoğan — calling the coup attempt “a gift from God” — and the government initiated a widespread purge aimed at cleansing sympathizers of the movement from within state institutions, dehumanizing its popular figures and putting them in custody.
Turkey has suspended or dismissed more than 150,000 judges, teachers, police and civil servants since July 2016. On December 13, 2017 the Justice Ministry announced that 169,013 people have been the subject of legal proceedings on coup charges since the failed coup.
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced on April 18, 2018 that the Turkish government had jailed 77,081 people between July 15, 2016 and April 11, 2018 over alleged links to the Gülen movement. (SCF with turkeypurge.com)
from Stockholm Center for Freedom https://stockholmcf.org/turkish-court-sentences-64-academics-university-staff-in-prison-over-gulen-links/
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