by TurkeyPurge | Jan 20, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
An Antalya couple, dismissed from their offices as judge and prosecutor, were detained as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement. The former judge, identified as Ayse D., was rounded up along with her husband Hakan D., a former prosecutor, following a police...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 2, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Engin Öztürk, a father of three who spent 15 months behind bars over his alleged ties to the Gulen movement, has been released only after his wife, Vina Öztürk passed away following a heart attack. Engin was the sole breadwinner of the Öztürk family until he was...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 30, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An Antalya man, identified by his initials H.C., was put in pretrial detention for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on social media. Antalya police earlier detained 10 people over similar charges, of whom one was later jailed and the remaining 9 were...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 23, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Detention warrants were issued for 99 people in Antalya province on Thursday on accusations that they use a smart phone application known as ByLock, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. According to the report police have detained 78 of 99 suspects as part of...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 20, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Rana Ozturk, a mother of three children and the wife of Engin Ozturk who has been under arrest for 15 months over alleged ties to the Gulen movement, suffered a heart attack, media reported on Nov 18. Engin, a former employee of the now-defunct International Antalya...