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 | Jul 13, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Alişan Taburoğlu, a 21-year-old student from Akdeniz University, has written a letter to former Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Barış Yarkadaş saying he has been sentenced to 21 years in prison without physically being present in the courtroom. “I have never...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 11, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Under arrest as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown against the Gulen movement, Prof. Dr. Ugur Camci said his imprisonment would be a loss for universal science, media reported on Tuesday. Camci’s request for acquittal was denied by the court overseeing his...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 8, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The rector of Antalya’s Akdeniz University between 2008 and 2015, Professor Dr. İsrafil Kurtcephe has been put in pre-trial detention over his alleged links to the Gulen movement. The government accuses the movement of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt...
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