by TurkeyPurge | May 11, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Tuna Altınel, a mathematics professor at France’s Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University., was arrested on terrorism charges in Turkey’s Balikesir. Media reported May 11 that Altinel stopped by a police station in Balikesir, seeking to get information about a...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 25, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Detention warrants were issued for 20 people as part of an Erzincan-based investigation into the Gulen movement followers on Thursday. 18 academics, of whom 4 were earlier removed from their jobs as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown, a pharmacist and...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 19, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Akdeniz University’s former rector İsrafil Kurtcephe was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison on accusation of membership to the Gulen movement. Kurtcephe was convicted of terror charges during his final hearing on Friday. Among the evidences for the...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Islamic University of Rotterdam’s rector Ahmet Akgunduz has said it is allowed to slaughter members of the Gulen movement due to “their revolt against the Turkish government” on during the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. Speaking to the Islamist Akit...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 25, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Renowned Turkish academic and political scientist Prof. Dr. Sedat Laçiner, held under pre-trial trial detention since July 23, 2016, has been sentenced to 9 years and 4 months in prison. A Turkish court convicted, on Tuesday, the former rector of the Canakkale Onsekiz...