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Coup soldiers who raided Doğan Media Center given aggravated life sentences
Three former Turkish military officers who raided the Doğan Media Center on the night of the 2016 coup attempt were given aggravated life sentences on March 21 over links to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), the group behind the July 2016 defeated coup in Turkey, according to a judiciary source.
Coup soldiers claim they raided Doğan Media Center over potential terror attack on night of coup attempt
Two former soldiers who had conducted a raid on the Doğan Media Center in the Bağcılar district of Istanbul on the night of last year's failed coup attempt have claimed that they had surrounded the building after having been given an order of a potential "terror attack" targeting the complex.
Istanbul court adjourns hearing of suspects in Doğan Media raid during coup attempt to August
The second hearing of the case into the raid on Hürriyet, the Hürriyet Daily News, CNN Türk and Kanal D at the Doğan Media Center during last year's failed coup was postponed to early August by an Istanbul court on July 18 after the suspects demanded extra time for their pleas.
Face-to-face with your coup raider
It was the second time in my life I saw his face. The first time was one year and one day ago, on the night of the July 15, 2016, coup attempt, when he was heading a military team that raided the headquarters of Hürriyet and CNN Türk, as part of a raid on Doğan Media Center, in Istanbul at about 03:00 a.m. on July 16.
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Suspects in Hürriyet raid during coup attempt refuse to testify in first hearing
The suspects in the case of the raid on daily Hürriyet, the Hürriyet Daily News, CNN Türk and Kanal D at the Doğan Media Center in the Bağcılar district of Istanbul on the night of last year's coup attempt refused to testify in the first hearing on July 17, claiming they had not received the indictment.
Hearing of 19 coup soldiers who raided daily Hürriyet to be held on July 17
The hearing of a total of 19 soldiers who raided daily Hürriyet, the Hürriyet Daily News, CNN Türk and Kanal D at the Doğan Media Center in the Bağcılar district of Istanbul on the night of last year's failed coup attempt will begin on July 17, one year after the attempted takeover.
Turkey, EU work to speed up flow of European funds for Syrian refugees
Turkey and the European Commission have begun technical work to overcome bureaucratic obstacles and accelerate the release of 3 billion Euros to Syrian refugees, Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak announced Dec. 26.
"We are now working on it," Kaynak told the Hürriyet Daily News during a visit to the Doğan Media Center on Dec. 26.
HDP lost its chance, new parties needed for Kurdish move: Minister
Turkey's pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) has lost its chance to distance itself from "terrorism" and be an interlocutor for a democratic resolution to the Kurdish question, a senior government official has claimed, calling on Kurdish citizens to establish alternative conservative, social democrat or even ethnic political parties.
Coup attempters detained after taking Doğan journalists hostage
A group of soldiers entered the Doğan Media Center, which hosts Hürriyet newspaper, Hürriyet Daily News, broadcaster CNNTürk and other Doğan media companies, in Istanbul early on July 16, taking several journalists and other staff in the building hostage for some time.
The 13 private soldiers and corporals headed by a middle-ranking soldiers, entered the headquarters on a helicopter.