Turkey has arrested a number of US & German nationals & uses them as bargaining chips to force the return of suspected coup plotters
Gulen
As things stand both the ruling party & the main opposition seem squeezed by forces outside of their control
A deep look into the failed coup in Turkey
And if the death penalty returns to Turkey, their fate will be worse!
It's not possible to regulate people's thoughts, but Turkey's president has come up with the next-best thing: controlling their words
The government has seized more than 950 companies, from a baklava chain to a major construction firm
If convicted, the defendants face varying terms of up to 43 years in jail
Yücel, who was working for the German Die Welt newspaper, was arrested in İstanbul in February
Since the coup, the government has dismissed more than 150.000 employees from state institutions in a purge that continued until the anniversary's eve
While no links between Yurtseven and the movement were discovered, he was fired from his job in February