by TurkeyPurge | Mar 27, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Yet another two judges were taken into custody over their alleged ties to the Gulen movement, in Ankara on Wednesday. State-run Anadolu news agency said judges A.O.C. and M.O. were detained as a result of a separate investigation into their colleagues. Turkish...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 20, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Fethullah Gulen’s brother Salih Gulen died at an apartment in Istanbul where he was hiding from the Turkish government’s post-coup witch-hunt. Media reported Wednesday that Salih Gulen was hiding at this apartment due to an arrest warrant,issued on charges...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 16, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A 33-year-old woman, identified by her initials Z.T., was jailed pending trial over her alleged use of ByLock mobile app. Media said Wednesday that Z.T. is accused of membership to the Gulen movement. Turkish authorities believe that ByLock is a communication tool...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 8, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Ece Sevim Öztürk, a Turkish investigative journalist who produced a documentary on a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016 and promised to shock Turkey with her forthcoming book on the subject, was detained on Friday on charges of “disseminating terrorist...
by TurkeyPurge | May 6, 2018 | Human Tragedies
Mehmet Ali Uludağ, a Turkish refugee in Germany who lost his wife to cerebral hemorrhage last week, said that his elder brother has been detained in a midnight raid back home. “My pain has been multiplied now. I have two brothers. One is Veli Uludağ who died as a...