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Turkish prosecutors on Wednesday opened an investigation into İbrahim Mustafa Turhan, a former head of Borsa İstanbul, over a social media warning he issued as the country’s main stock index fell more than 6 percent and an automatic safety system halted trading. The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office announced that Turhan was under investigation over […] The post Turkey investigates former stock exchange chief over warning as stocks plunge 6.6 pct appeared first on Turkish Minute.

French judges jailed at least eight Turkish nationals pending trial in an arms trafficking case after police intercepted a van carrying 150 handguns, Agence France-Presse reported on Tuesday. The shipment was traveling from Hannover, Germany, to the Paris region, Le Parisien reported. Investigators suspect some of the men have ties to the Daltonlar, an İstanbul-based […] The post France jails 8 Turkish nationals over handgun shipment from Germany in probe tied to İstanbul gang appeared first on Turkish Minute.

Turkey has issued access blocking orders for the X accounts of two journalists, a news outlet and women’s rights groups, extending a series of online restrictions that began with nationwide police operations targeting LGBT organizations and activists. The latest accounts affected belong to journalists İrfan Değirmenci and Şirin Payzın, left-wing news outlet soL Haber, the […] The post Turkey expands X blocking orders to journalists, women’s groups amid LGBT crackdown appeared first on Turkish Minute.

A Turkish court on Wednesday convicted prominent mountaineer and search-and-rescue pioneer Nasuh Mahruki of inciting hatred in a social media post questioning the official account of a failed coup in 2016, handing him a suspended one-year sentence and ordering his release after two months in pretrial detention, the Anka news agency reported. The Bakırköy 57th Criminal […] The post Turkish rescue group founder convicted over coup post, released after 2 months appeared first on Turkish Minute.

A documentary questioning the investigation and trial surrounding the murder of 8-year-old Narin Güran has been blocked in Turkey on grounds of national security and public order. “Şeytantepe,” produced by independent digital media outlet 140journos, was also removed from YouTube after attracting 2.9 million views, the Freedom of Expression Association’s EngelliWeb censorship-monitoring project said. Narin […] The post Documentary on murder of 8-year-old girl blocked in Turkey on national security grounds appeared first on Turkish Minute.