by TurkeyPurge | Dec 10, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and taken into custody. At least 74 people were arrested, while 198 others were detained over the past 48 hours, according to...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 6, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 14 academics including professors, associate professors and research assistants from the İstanbul-based Yıldız Teknik University were arrested by a Turkish court on Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigation on the Gülen movement. The arrested academics...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 12, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish court ruled for the arrest of nine academics in Konya on Monday due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of being behind a coup attempt on July 15. According to a state-run Anadolu news agency report, 14 academics were...