by TurkeyPurge | Sep 19, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An İstanbul court on Tuesday ordered the continuation of the pretrial detention of 17 journalists and members of the media, including Ahmet Altan, Mehmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak, at the second hearing in their trial, and adjourned proceedings until Nov. 13. In a case...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 23, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An İstanbul court on Friday ruled for a continuation of the pretrial detention of media members including Ahmet Altan, Mehmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak, who are being held as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 23, 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 71 people were arrested, while 349 others were detained over the past 24 hours, according to...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 22, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Police detained journalist and author Ahmet Altan late on Thursday after the İstanbul 1st Penal Court of Peace issued a warrant for his detention following his release from custody earlier in the day. Altan had announced that he would go to the İstanbul Courthouse in...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 13, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Veysel Ok and Ergin Cinmen, lawyers for Mehmet and Ahmet Altan, two prominent journalists detained four days ago, yesterday made a joint statement saying that because of the Eid holiday they could not find the responsible prosecutor or a court in which to appeal their...
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