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Turkish government destroys 302K copies of books at schools over Gulenists publishers: minister

Turkish government destroys 302K copies of books at schools over Gulenists publishers: minister

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 2, 2019 | Today in Crackdown

Turkey’s Education Ministry has removed 301,878 books from schools across the country so far and destroyed them as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown on the Gulen movement. In response to a parliamentary question by an opposition deputy, Education Minister...
Books, magazines seized as evidence for organized crime

Books, magazines seized as evidence for organized crime

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 9, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

A number Islamic books by Fethullah Gulen were seized along with some magazines, CDs and a newspaper issue were seized as evidence for organized crime in Turkey’s Balikesir. According to local media, an Edremit man, identified as A.L.K., was arrested on charges of...
Housewife detained while destroying copies of gov’t-banned magazine

Housewife detained while destroying copies of gov’t-banned magazine

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 9, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

An Antalya woman, identified as R.Y., was detained while she was burning copies of Sizinti magazine, media reported. Police has long been watching R.Y., a housewife who was earlier investigated for allegedly making propaganda on behalf of the Gulen movement. When she...
Turkish court bans 9 books on terror charges

Turkish court bans 9 books on terror charges

by TurkeyPurge | May 13, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

A Turkish government has banned the sale and distribution of nine books, printed by pro-Kurdish Avesta Publications, media reported Sunday. The ban was imposed after the copies of the nine books were found at a place where two people were  earlier detained as part of...
Adana police seize books by Gulen, Nursi as criminal evidence

Adana police seize books by Gulen, Nursi as criminal evidence

by TurkeyPurge | Mar 5, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

A number Islamic books by Kurdish scholar Said Nursi and his late Turkish follower Fethullah Gulen have been seized as part of an investigation into the latter’s Hizmet movement. Media reported March 3 that Adana police carried out an operation against 21 people...
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