Turkish authorities destroy buildings housing now-closed Samanyolu TV
Turkish authorities have destroyed buildings housing the now-closed Gülen-linked Samanyolu TV Samanyolu Broadcasting Group, a media company that had operated radio and television broadcasting, publication and distribution of newspapers. The Samanyolu Media Group is...
Purge-victim army veteran is in his 160th day of imprisonment on terror charges: report
Bilal Konakçı, a former bomb disposal expert who lost his right hand and both eyes while trying to dispose of a bomb in 2009, is in his 160th day of imprisonment on charges of membership in the Gulen group, accused of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The group...
Germany to deport 2 Turkish asylum seekers to Bulgaria tomorrow
Two Turkish citizens who filed an asylum claim in Germany to avoid persecution by the Erdogan government, are going to be deported to Bulgaria by the German authorities tomorrow, the Bold medya reported. The two asylum seekers, who are believed to have been affiliated...
Turkish judge detained by police hours after releasing Gulenists pending trial: report
A Turkish judge was detained by police under the pretext of alleged use of ByLock mobile phone application, hours after ruling to release a group of Gulenists on pending trial, according to a report released by the Advocates Of Silenced Turkey (ASD). The report,...
Turkey revokes passport of Sedat Peker’s son
Turkish government has revoked the passport of Celalhan Peker, the son of organized crime boss Sedat Peker. According to a series of tweets posted by Celalhan, his inquiry on the e-Government Gateway, a website offering access to all public services in Turkey, brought...
783 companies across Turkey managed by Erdogan-appointed trustees: CHP deputy
At least 783 companies across Turkey are currently managed by trustees appointed by the Erdogan government under the pretext of terror suspicion, according to a main opposition CHP deputy. Speaking to the media, Bülent Kuşoğlu, CHP's vice chairman, accused Turkey’s...
From judge to farmer: The story of purge victim judge is featured in new KHK TV documentary
A purge-victim Turkish judge is trying to rebuild his life after he was fired from his job with a government decree issued under post-coup emergency rule in 2016. Eyüp Sarı's extraordinary story is featured an online TV station on YouTube, known as KHK TV, established...
Thousands investigated under the pretext of alleged use of the ByLock, ex-deputy says
Thousands of Erdogan critics have been investigated under the pretext of alleged use of the ByLock mobile phone application in the aftermath of the 2016 coup attempt, even though a large majority of the victims has never had the app on their phones, according to a...
German police visits Turkish journalists over alleged “hit list”
Officers from the Federal Police of Germany (Bundespolizei – BPOL) have paid visits to several Turkish journalists living in Germany over the discovery of an alleged "hit list" of 55 Turkish journalists who are critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his...
2 Turkish asylum seekers at risk of deportation from Germany: report
Two Turkish citizens who reportedly filed an asylum claim in Germany to avoid a persecution by the Erdogan government, are at risk of deportation to Bulgaria by the German authorities. The two asylum seekers, who are believed to have been affiliated with the Gulen...
German police warns of ‘assassination threats’ against 55 Turkish journalists critical of Erdogan gov’t
Federal Police of Germany (Bundespolizei - BPOL) on July 16 warned of possible “assassination threats” against a total of 55 Turkish journalists who has fled Turkey to avoid prosecution due to their critical stance against the Erdogan government, the ArtıGerçek news...
Pre-trial detention over Bylock use violates applicants’ rights: ECtHR
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey over the pre-trial detention of a Turkish citizen on account of his alleged use of the ByLock messaging application, a mobile app that the government claims to be the top communication tool among Gulen...
Turkish prosecutors investigates 29,000 people for “insulting” Erdogan since 2019: report
At least 29,000 people have been investigated across Turkey for "insulting" President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish nation and government officials over social media posts since 2019, Halk TV reported. Insulting the president is a crime in Turkey, according to the...
Nationalist mob attacks agricultural workers for speaking Kurdish in public
A group of Kurdish agricultural workers were physically assaulted by a nationalist mob for speaking Kurdish in Afyonkarahisar province, the pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Ayşe Sürücü tweeted. "Kurdish agricultural workers were attacked while going to a barber shop in Derçine...
Gulen-linked businessman denied funeral at Turkey-funded mosque in Brooklyn
Muharrem Atmaca, a USA-based Turkish businessman who passed away on Friday, was denied a public funeral by the Turkish imams working at a Turkey-funded mosque in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City. İmams reportedly refused to lead Atmaca's memorial service on the...
Turkey seeks up to 22 years in prison for Turkish-Kyrgyz educator
Turkish prosecutors are seeking up to 22 years in prison for Orhan İnandı, a Kyrgyz educator who was recently abducted from Kyrgyzstan by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) due to his alleged links to the Gülen group. He is accused of establishing and...
Turkish appeals court upholds 27-year prison sentence for Kurdish youngster
A regional appeals court in Turkey has upheld a prison sentence of 27 years handed down to Kadri Sancar, a 22-year-old Kurdish youngster who has been held in İzmir prison since 2015. Sancar was reportedly arrested by Turkish security forces during the operations...
Post-coup Turkey toll: 125K sacked, 600k investigated in five years
Five years into one of the greatest purges known to history, the Turkish government's cleansing of the state institutions is continuing with people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and taken into custody over trumped-up terrorism charges. Since...