by TurkeyPurge | Jul 21, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish court ruled to put Isa Ozdemir, a suspected follower of the Gulen movement who was abducted in Azerbaijan by Turkish intelligence agency, has been put in pre-trial detention in Ankara. Ozdemir, wanted on accusation of membership to the Gulen movement in...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 8, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Mehmet Anıl, a reporter for the ETHA news agency, has been arrested along with three others on accusations of membership in an illegal organization. Police earlier detained seven Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) members, among them Anıl, in Adana. While the...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 8, 2016 | Int'l Reactions
Fears that the Turkish government would capitalize on a state of emergency to silence critics who have nothing to do with a July 15 coup attempt have come true, Emma Sinclair-Webb, Turkey director of the US-based non-profit Human Rights Watch (HRW), has said. In a...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 23, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
In the latest phase of an ever-growing demonization of Fethullah Gülen by the Turkish government, police are set to deliberately plant his books in Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) cells in order to expose an alleged connection between the cleric and the...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 22, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency on Thursday had to suddenly reverse course on a report it had previously posted alleging that books connected to the faith-based Gülen movement were discovered during police searches at locations of Islamic State in Iraq and the...
Malta court arrests 2 purge-victim Turkish citizens: report
Bylock’s copyright owner sent to prison in Turkey, says state-run Anadolu agency
“I have been asked for ₺150k bribe for reinstatement to job,” says purge-victim public servant
Turkish authorities destroy buildings housing now-closed Samanyolu TV
Purge-victim army veteran is in his 160th day of imprisonment on terror charges: report
Germany to deport 2 Turkish asylum seekers to Bulgaria tomorrow
Turkish judge detained by police hours after releasing Gulenists pending trial: report
Turkey revokes passport of Sedat Peker’s son
783 companies across Turkey managed by Erdogan-appointed trustees: CHP deputy
From judge to farmer: The story of purge victim judge is featured in new KHK TV documentary