by TurkeyPurge | Aug 13, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Mehmet Takmaklı and Zeynel Abidin Takmakli, the owners of Turkey’s leading freezer company, Ugur have been sentenced to 7.5 years in prison on charge of membership to a terror group. Media reported Monday that the two were convicted of being a member of the...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 1, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A 73-year-old Turkish man, identified by his initials O.E.C., was taken to hospital as his medical condition deteriorated after being detained. O.E.C. was taken into custody as part of a police operation targeting the followers of the Gulen movement in Turkey’s...
by TurkeyPurge | May 20, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A total of twelve people including 5 children were detained while they were reportedly on their way to escape to Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. Media reported Sunday that the group was rounded up after Turkey’s coastal guard stopped their boat off the Pigeon Island...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 27, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A trustee panel of 6, appointed to run the government-seized freezer company Uğur has dismissed all personnel bearing the same surname with the owners. An Aydın court ruled to seize Uğur along with 47 other enterprises over their alleged links to the Gulen movement...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 5, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Fourteen more companies in Turkey’s western province of Aydin have been seized by the government as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, accused of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. The movement denies involvement. Trustees were appointed to...
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