An Iğdır man, identified as A.B., who shared the same cell with people jailed over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, told Turkish prosecutors in an attempt to tap into the effective remorse law that his cellmates “would not even support Turkish national soccer team” against its rivals.
Pro-government Hürriyet daily reported on Friday that A.B. gave his statement under the effective remorse law to be released from prison or get a lower than anticipated penalty. The newspaper did not elaborate on the accusations against A.B.
“I shared the same cell with K.G. He and a group of others have been propagating on behalf of the Gülen movement. When a good thing happens on the behalf of our country, they have get mad and upset. When there is an economic trouble in the country, they have been happy. When our national soccer team had matches with others, they even supported the rivals. They mobilized other inmates as well. They try to maintain their hopes. I saw them blatantly betraying our country,” A.B. told the prosecutor as part of his statement.
K.G., a teacher, who was jailed over his alleged links to the Gülen movement, said in his defence that A.B. accuses anyone he deems proper. “I filed a libel suit against this person. My family and my children were victimized. I don’t have an intention to escape from trial. I seek my release and acquittal,” he stated.
Hürriyet daily reported that the court sentenced K.G. to 6 years and 3 months in prison on charges of membership to a terror group and ruled to keep him behind bars.
Meanwhile, an Antalya woman, identified as R.Y., was detained while she was burning copies of Sızıntı magazine, also reported by Hürriyet daily. Sızıntı magazine was closed by a government decree under the state of emergency declared in the aftermath of a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016 over its affiliation with the Gülen movement.
It was also reported that Turkish police have long been watching R.Y., a housewife who was earlier investigated for allegedly making propaganda on behalf of the Gülen movement. When she attempted to destroy some copies of Sızıntı magazine near her home, police rounded her up on Friday.
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 15. 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)
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