Gülen

A Turkish businessman, who was arrested after an investigation into the July 15 failed coup attempt that was believed to have been orchestrated by the Gülen movement, died on Nov. 29 in prison in the western province of İzmir, Doğan News Agency has reported.

It has been more than three months since a group of military personnel loyal to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gülen attempted to stage a coup in Turkey on July 15, killing around 250 people and wounding more than 2,000. 

The movement of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen has started discussions on who will replace the leader of the movement, with four members in the running to succeed the ailing leader, according to an intelligence report prepared by analysts who track the group's activities.
The four were identified as Mehmet Ali Şengül, Cevdet Türkyolu, Osman Şimşek and Ahmet Kurucan.

Today?s Zaman Editor-in-Chief Bülent Kene? was detained on Oct. 9 after the case?s prosecutor objected to a decision by the court to release the journalist on probation.

"Along with the journalistic greats who were sentenced today, I was also granted the chance to put my arrest warrant on the headline. That is the irony of Turkey!" tweeted Kene? after the court's decision.

An arrest warrant was issued for Today?s Zaman Editor-in-Chief Bülent Kene? on Oct. 9 after the case?s prosecutor objected to a decision by the court to release the journalist on probation.

Today?s Zaman Editor-in-Chief Bülent Kene? was released on probation on Oct. 8 after he was sent to court with a demand for his arrest for allegedly defaming Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an on Twitter.

The prosecutor?s office sent Kene? to court for arrest while he was in the office to testify.

Hulusi Akar, the new general chief of staff, is coming to transform the Turkish Armed Forces, says a former member of the army.

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) called the Turkish government on May 31 'to urgently recognize the importance of plural voices within the media and to provide the conditions for independent sources of information' as the country is only a week ahead of critical June 7 elections.

An Istanbul court on April 30 arrested two judges who ordered the release of 76 suspects charged with alleged links to the ?parallel state? of U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen.

The 29th Criminal Court of First Instance judge, Metin Özçelik, and the 32nd Criminal Court of First Instance judge, Mustafa Ba?er, were accused of being a member of a terrorist organization.

Three judges who ordered the release of 79 suspects charged with alleged links to the "parallel state" of Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen were suspended from duty on April 27 for "causing chaos within the judiciary."