by TurkeyPurge | Aug 24, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Berkan Sönmezay, district governor of Söğüt in Bilecik province, was detained on Thursday over his alleged use of ByLock, a smart phone application that Turkish authorities believe was widely used as a communication tool among followers of the Gülen movement which is...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 4, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A Mersin police officer identified by the initials A.T. committed suicide in a park the day after he was suspended over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding a July 15 coup attempt. Turkey’s national police department on...