[VIDEO] 4 teachers, 4 children detained while fleeing from Turkish gov’t to Greece

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 17, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

A total of nine people including 4 children and 4 teachers were detained while they were reportedly on their way to escape to Greece. Dogan news agency reported Saturday that the group was rounded up in a restricted military zone near Evros river in Edirne, a small...

Report: Former police chief, in pre-trial detention for 23 months, dies of cancer

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 17, 2018 | Human Tragedies, Today in Crackdown

Former police chief İsmail Ülker, 42, has died of colon cancer after he spent 23 months in pre-trial detention, media reported Sunday. Jailed over his alleged ties to the Gulen movement in July, 2016, Ulker was denied release from prison despite his successive...

Dismissed academic, 4 others detained while escaping from Turkey’s post-coup crackdown to Greece

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 17, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

A total of 5 people have been stopped near in Edirne province while they were reportedly on their way to Greece, media reported. Dogan news agency said Sunday that gendarmerie stopped 5 people in a military zone near Turkey’s Greek border in Edirne. All of the...

Gülen’s nephew sentenced to 8 years, 9 months in jail

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 14, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Turkish Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen’s nephew, identified as S.G., was given 8 years and 9 months in prison on terror charges. State-run Anadolu news agency said Thursday that S.G., under pretrial detention since Dec 2017, was convicted on charges of membership to...

Prosecutor extends detention of journalist, known for investigative reporting on 2016 failed coup

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 14, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday extended the detention of Ece Sevim Öztürk, a journalist known for her investigative reporting on a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016. Öztürk, also the editor-in-chief of the Çağdaşses news website, was...

3 dead, 8 injured after fight between AK Party deputy’s bodyguards, locals: reports

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 14, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

At least 3 people were dead with 8 others left injured after a fight broke out between bodyguards of a ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputy and shopkeepers in Turkey’s largely Kurdish province of Sanliurfa on Thursday AK Party deputy Ibrahim Halil...