by TurkeyPurge | Nov 9, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
An İstanbul court has started an extradition proceedings for Arif Erdem, a retired Turkish international footballer of Albanian descent and the former manager of İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor, on terror and coup charges, several Turkish media outlets reported....
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 26, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Former football player Uğur Boral was briefly detained over his alleged ties to the Gulen movement, according to Haberturk daily newspaper. The 35-year-old former footballer who player for, among other clubs, Fenerbahce and Besiktas, was detained as part of an...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 26, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 2,750 members have been expelled from Turkey’s Galatasaray, the disciplinary board of the club announced on Sunday. According to the announcement, majority of the board members voted to revoke the membership of former prosecutor Zekeriya Öz, former...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 25, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A decision by the disciplinary board of Turkey’s Galatasaray to expel its seven members was partly accepted after a general assembly vote on Saturday. Majority of the club members voted to remove former prosecutor Zekeriya Öz, former governors Şahabettin Harput and...
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