Sledgehammer

An Istanbul court late on March 16 ordered the conditional release of a Turkish journalist jailed in the wake of the July 2016 failed coup attempt following an earlier decision by the Turkey’s top constitutional body.

A Turkish prosecutor requested on March 13 life imprisonment for detained American pastor Andrew Brunson over alleged links to a failed coup attempt in 2016, Doğan News Agency reported.

An Istanbul prosecutor has sought aggravated life sentences for three ranking soldiers in a case into the raid on the Doğan Media Center in Istanbul on the night of the 2016 failed coup attempt. 

Five unknown men attacked a Hellenic Post branch at the western Athens district of Tavros as well as the neighboring offices of the ruling Syriza party in the early hours of Friday.

The hooded men caused significant damage at the front of the post office using sledgehammers.

The Istanbul 27th High Criminal Court has rejected journalist Mehmet Altan’s demand to be released from jail, resisting the Constitutional Court’s ruling that his imprisonment violated his constitutional rights.

The Istanbul Public Prosecutor Office on Sept. 24 issued detention warrants for a total of 43 current and former members of the Turkish military over allegedly using the smartphone application ByLock, used almost exclusively by the sympathizers of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen. 

"We are all thirsty for justice," main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said on Aug. 26 in his welcoming speech at the "Justice Congress" in the western Turkish province of Çanakkale. "We want it for all 80 million people in the country; we all want to live in peace."

Eleven arrested journalists and one singer appeared before a judge in Istanbul on Aug. 16 in a case into the alleged media links of the Fethullah Gülen movement, widely believed to be behind Turkey's July 2016 coup attempt

Hüseyin Gülerce is a witness of the case against journalists working for the daily Cumhuriyet.

Gülerce is also the "informer-witness" who led to the arrest of the journalists of daily Sözcü and an arrest warrant against the newspaper's owner.

He was an important member of the Gülenist gang until the Dec. 17-25, 2013, probes targeting the government.

Turkish Gendarmerie Commander Gen. Yaşar Güler has offered giving medals to commanders who clashed with the plotters of the July 15, 2016, coup attempt on the night of the thwarted coup. 

Güler requested the "Outstanding Courage and Waiver Medal" should be given to six commanders who played key roles in quelling the coup attempt, daily Habertürk reported on July 20.