by TurkeyPurge | Jun 8, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
11 bank employees were detained in Ankara-based investigation into the Gulen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, on Thursday. Detention warrants were issued for 20 people who were earlier dismissed from their jobs at...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 8, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
The value of immovable properties including dormitories, real estate and schools that the government has confiscated as part of its clampdown on the Gülen movement totals around TL 15 billion ($4.9 billion), according to Environment and Urban Planning Minister Mehmet...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 2, 2016 | Torture
Allegations of severe overcrowding in Turkey’s post-coup prisons have proven to be true with a recently-arrested lawyer complaining about lack of space in holding cells in an anonymous letter. Ten arrestees are being held in a custody cell as small as 16 square...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 16, 2016 | Human Tragedies
Police detained a 55-year-old Turkish woman just hours before her flight to Mecca, a long-desired destination where she had been planning to pray for her deceased husband. A recent tip sent to Turkey Purge sheds lights on how the massive purge initiated by the...
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