by TurkeyPurge | May 19, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Muhammed Koşar, a disabled public servant, has been given 25 months in prison for depositing money in the now-closed Islamic lender Bank Asya. Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu tweeted that Koşar was dismissed from his job after a coup...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 4, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Two couples were detained following police raids at two apartments in Samsun’s Atakum, on Tuesday. S.T. and his wife A.T. were apprehended along with I.C. and his wife Y.C. as part of an investigation against the Gulen movement followers. The couples are accused of...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 1, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Warrants were issued for 59 people as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement, state-run Anadolu news agency reported on May 30. The Ankara-based investigation implicated 59 people who are accused of having deposited donations collected on behalf of the...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 27, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 22 people were detained as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement on Thursday. Police carried out operations in 5 provinces in a Kastamonu-based investigation that targeted mostly businessmen and former employees of the now-defunct Bank Asya. Bank...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 19, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 24 people, under custody since March 7, have been jailed pending trial over their money deposits to the now-defunct Bank Asya. State-run Anadolu news agency reported Monday that 24 out of 41 former employees of the Isik Yayincilik publishing firm who were...