by TurkeyPurge | May 22, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
At least 15 former public officials in Ankara and Konya province were placed in pre-trial detention on May 21 for “providing moral and financial support” to the families of Gulenist purge-victims. Among the arrestees are teachers, police officers and health workers....
by TurkeyPurge | May 21, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
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...
by TurkeyPurge | May 21, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
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...
by TurkeyPurge | May 19, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
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....
by TurkeyPurge | May 19, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
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...
by TurkeyPurge | May 17, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
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...