Turkish intelligence abducts Gülenists from Africa, Central Asia by paying bribes, says former intel official
Ali Burak Darıcılı, a former Turkish intelligence officer, said during a live TV interview that Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has abducted individuals linked to the Gülen group from some African and Central Asian countries by bribing local...
17-week pregnant woman sent to Şanlıurfa prison over alleged Gulen links: report
A 17-week pregnant woman from Turkey has been sent to Şanlıurfa prison over alleged links to the Gulen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The group denies any involvement. According to Turkish journalist Sevinç...
Purge-victim Turkish businessman shares first picture from prison in 6 years
Memduh Boydak, a purge-victim Turkish businessman, has shared the first photo since the beginning of his prison sentence in late 2016. Boydak is seen in the picture with his three son Berat, Burak and Can Furkan Boydak. He is currently in Ankara's Sincan prison. He is...
Karabuk court jails 5 female university students on terror charges
A court in Turkey's Karabuk province has ruled to place five female university students in pre-trial detention over alleged links to the Gulen group, which the government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The group denies any involvement. Four others...
Turkish reporter Ayşenur Parıldak set free after spending some 6 years in prison
Ayşenur Parıldak, a Turkish journalist for the now-closed Zaman daily, has been released from prison after serving a six-year jail term on charges of membership in a "terrorist" organization. Parıldak took to Twitter on Tuesday to let everyone know that she is now a...
1.5-year-old child joins mother in prison: report
A mother took her 1.5-year-old child to prison with her after being jailed over alleged links to the Gulen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The group denies any involvement. According to Turkish journalist Sevinç...
Turkish journalist says Karabük police arrests 14 female university students in midnight raids
Turkish police have arrested at least 14 female university students in midnight raids in Karabük, a town and the capital district of Karabük Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. According to Turkish journalist Sevinç Özarslan, the students are accused of having...
6-month pregnant jailed woman released on probation after almost 2 months in prison
A six-month pregnant purge-victim woman from Turkey was released on probation on Monday after spending some two months behind bars over alleged links to Turkey’s Gulen group, accused by the government of masterminding a coup attempt. The group denies any involvement....
Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals upholds 4-year prison time for leading opposition figure
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a prison sentence of 4 years, 11 months and 14 days for Canan Kaftancıoğlu, the head of the İstanbul branch of the country’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP). The charges related mostly to tweets...
24 former public officials detained in midnight raids for “providing financial support” to families of imprisoned “Gulenists”
At least 24 former public officials were detained by Konya and Ankara police in midnight raids for “providing moral and financial support” to the families of Gulenist purge-victims. Among the detainees are teachers, police officers, health workers as well as 1 police...
6-month pregnant jailed woman hospitalized due to heavy breathing difficulty
Aslı Ünlü, a six-month pregnant woman who has been in prison since April 10, has been hospitalized due to heavy breathing difficulty, according to Journalist Sevinç Özarslan. The purge-victim woman reportedly diagnosed with cardiac arrhythmia. She has been held in the...
Turkish court arrests military cadet for third time in 6 months
Mustafa Enis Durak, a former military cadet who was fired from the Turkish military after the 2016 coup attempt, was sent to prison for the third time in six months on "terror, coup" charges. According to Journalist Sevinç Özarslan, Durak is third-year med student at...
Retired engineer with Parkinson’s disease in prison for almost a year over coup, terror charges
Ahmet Mağden, a 63-year-old retired electrical engineer who suffers from Parkinson's disease, has been in prison since June 2021 over alleged links to the Gulen group, which the Turkish gov't accuses of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The group denies any...
Turkish pop singer deletes solidarity tweet for jailed women upon being criticized by pro-gov’t media
Turkish pop singer Demet Akalın took to Twitter on Mother’s Day to raise awareness about pregnant and sick women as well as mothers with small children in Turkish prisons. She, however, deleted her tweet several hours after being targeted by several pro-government and...
Turkish court jails 80-year-old couple on terror charges
An 80-year-old Kurdish couple, Makbule and Hadi Özer, has been sent to prison in Van province over alleged links to a "terrorist" organization. According to Turkish journalist Sevinç Özarslan, the elderly couple was reportedly placed in a prison in Edremit district....
Erdogan-critic Turkish cleric once again sent to prison on “terror” charges
Alparslan Kuytul, the leader of a religious group critical of the Turkish government, has been placed in pre-trial detention by an Adana court, the Turkish media reported on Monday. Kuytul, the president The Furkan Foundation, had previously been spent some 22 months...
8-month pregnant woman sent to Edirne prison over alleged Gulen links: report
Ceyda Nur Eroğlu, an 8-month pregnant woman from Turkey, has been sent to Edirne prison over alleged links to the Gulen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The group denies any involvement. According to Turkish...
82-year-old Kurdish man in solitary confinement in İzmir’s Menemen prison
Sıddık Güler, an 82-year-old Kurdish man, has been in solitary confinement for over two months in İzmir's Menemen prison, according to Mezopotamya news portal. This picture was taken by the prison management during a contact visitation on Thursday. The elderly man is...