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Turkey slaps travel ban on 2 businessmen for criticizing dissident crackdown

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Two business leaders from the country’s largest industrialist group were banned from traveling internationally after a speech by the Turkish president criticizing the organization.

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The New Arab

Turkey execs hit with travel ban after govt criticism

Two top Turkish business lobby executives were barred from travelling abroad after being questioned for hours by a judge over remarks criticising the justice system, state media reported Thursday. Orhan Turan, who heads the influential TUSIAD business and industry association, was taken to court by police several hours after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the lobby of trying to influence the judiciary. Istanbul's chief prosecutor said he…

3 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Al-Monitor

Turkey slaps travel ban on 2 businessmen for criticizing dissident crackdown

Two business leaders from the country’s largest industrialist group were banned from traveling internationally after a speech by the Turkish president criticizing the organization.

3 days ago·Washington, United States

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The Straits Times

Turkey bans travel by two executives of top business group in probe

ANKARA - An Istanbul court banned on Thursday international travel by two key executives of Turkey's top business association in an investigation of their remarks on democracy that President Tayyip Erdogan characterised as undermining the government.

3 days ago·Singapore

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Daily Sabah

Prosecutor launches probe into top Turkish business group head

The Public Prosecutor of Istanbul has launched an investigation into the head of Türkiye's leading business group, media reported on Wednesday, the...

4 days ago·Türkiye

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Bible Prophecy In The Daily Headlines

Executives of Turkey's top business association detained over their criticism of government | Bible Prophecy In The Daily Headlines

Link to original article The chairman of Turkey’s leading business association and the head of its advisory council were detained on Wednesday on accusations of… Read More:

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stockholmcf.org

Executives of Turkey’s top business association detained over their criticism of government - Stockholm Center for Freedom

The chairman of Turkey’s leading business association and the head of its advisory council were detained on Wednesday on accusations of “spreading misleading information” and “attempting to influence judicial proceedings” following their criticism of the government, Turkish Minute reported, citing the Serbestiyet news website. Orhan Turan, chairman of the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association (TÜSİAD), and Mehmet Ömer Arif Aras, c…

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