by TurkeyPurge | Feb 18, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
An arrest warrant was issued for Hidayet Kadiroglu, the owner of the leading chocolate and candy producer, Elvan Gıda, on Feb 12. At least seven senior executives of an Istanbul-based exporters’ union were detained as part of an investigation into the Gulen...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 16, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled that money deposits to now-defunct Bank Asya may be considered as evidence of membership to the Gulen movement, which the government sees as terror group. A former teacher, identified as U.K., who was earlier dismissed from...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 15, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Detention warrants were issued for yet another nine members of the Kayseri-based Boydak family, Turkish media reported Wednesday. With prominent members of the family already in jail for years now, the government’s ever-growing crackdown against Boydaks has hit second...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 31, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 20 people were detained for their previous money deposits into Bank Asya, as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement on Wednesday. An Istanbul prosecutor issued detention warrants for 36 people who are accused of having sold off their belongings to...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 11, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 24 former Bank Asya shareholders were remanded in prison pending trial over on accusations of membership to the Gulen movement. Last week, police detained 49 former shareholders of the now-closed Islamic lender who had authority to elect the executive board...