by TurkeyPurge | Dec 13, 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 124 people were arrested, while 411 others were detained over the past 48 hours, according to...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 12, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
The İstanbul 9th Penal Court of Peace on Saturday arrested Akin Atalay, the chief executive officer of Turkish daily Cumhuriyet, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported Atalay was detained early on Friday at Istanbul Ataturk Airport after arriving from Berlin. An...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 10, 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 over their alleged or real links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 20, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
The number of people affected by the Turkish government’s crackdown on the Gülen movement has already surpassed 1 million, main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said. During a TV program on Monday Kılıçdaroğlu slammed the...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 20, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A Diyarbakır man was detained after he protested detentions of 22 high-school students who were also protesting the government’s purge of teachers over terrorism charges, on Monday. Police failed to dispel a group of high-school students who gathered on Diyarbakır’s...
Turkish woman says subjected to strip search in police custody
Purge-victim teacher commits suicide a day after getting scolded by a judge during a trial
ECtHR orders Turkey to pay 5,000 euros in damages to 427 purge-victim judges, prosecutors
Turkey issues detention warrants for 112 military members over Gulen links: report
A year ago today: Purge-victim military cadet dies of cancer in prison
Purge-victim disabled army veteran is in the 10th month of imprisonment on terror charges
13-month old joins mother in prison: report
U.S. Senator Wicker says Turkey among “worst abusers” of Interpol’s red notice system
Adana police detain human rights activist: report