by TurkeyPurge | Aug 7, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 37 educators as part of an investigation into the Private Akıllı Schools due to alleged links to the Turkey’s Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported....
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 21, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
At least 2,462 “No” campaigners were detained and 453 sent to jail during the 85-day campaign in the run up to a referendum in Turkey to extend the country’s presidential powers. According to a recent report released by the pro-Kurdish Peoples’...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 7, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Twenty-one people have been detained by Turkish police teams as part of an operation based in the eastern province of Siirt against alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement. The detentions took place across 10 provinces as part of an investigation conducted...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 23, 2017 | Hate Speech
In a particularly absurd display of military might, a large group of police officers in the northern Syrian city of Jarablus who had been trained by Turkey’s Security General Directorate chanted Islamic slogans, praising Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. During...
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