by TurkeyPurge | Jun 28, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 1,080 people were convicted of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in 2016, according to data from Turkey’s Justice Ministry, the Cumhuriyet daily reported on Wednesday. Data from the Justice Ministry showed that 4,936 cases were launched against...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 28, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Koç University has rejected the presentation of an academic paper at a workshop, finding it politically too sensitive for the current extreme conditions in Turkey, the Diken news website reported on Wednesday. Yasemin Yılmaz, whose paper is titled “Elite...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 27, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish daily reported on Tuesday that an extensive investigation is ongoing within the Turkish military targeting thousands of soldiers over their alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, which is accused by Turkish authorities of being behind a failed coup on...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 27, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) has said that at least 102,000 Gülenists had used ByLock, a mobile application claimed to be the once-top communication tool among Gülen sympathizers. “A list of 102,000 people has been sent to us...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 26, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
At least 35 LGBT activists were detained on Sunday for attempting to hold a pride march in İstanbul’s famed Taksim square to mark one of the largest organized gay festivals in Turkey. Turkish media outlets and several pro-LGBT twitter accounts reported that police...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 26, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Having purged more than 150,000 people from state jobs and jailed over 50,000 due to alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday called on people to inform on activities of Gülenists, saying that if they fail to do so,...
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