by TurkeyPurge | Jul 29, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Senturk Uzun, Turkey’s former ambassador to Ghana, was put in pre-trial detention, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Saturday. Detained in Istanbul’s Kadikoy as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement on July 26, Uzun was arrested on accusation of...
by TurkeyPurge | May 25, 2017 | Today in Crackdown, Turkey’s Exiled Journalists Speak Out
A Myanmar-based Turkish teacher, probably with links to the Gülen movement, was detained along with his family at Yangon International airport after Turkish government cancelled their passports, on Wednesday. Teacher M. Furkan Sökmen, his wife Ayşe and daughter Sibel...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 27, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Three ambassadors, including former Turkish President Abdullah Gül’s aide and former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s ex-adviser Gürcan Balık, were arrested as part of an investigation by the Ankara Public Prosecutor’s Office into people affiliated with the Gülen...
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