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Turkish prosecutor seeks life in prison for police chiefs who led 2013 bribery probe against Erdogan’s son

Turkish prosecutor seeks life in prison for police chiefs who led 2013 bribery probe against Erdogan’s son

by TurkeyPurge | Nov 29, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

A Turkish prosecutor has announced that he seeks life sentences for 59 suspects, among them police chiefs who led Dec 25, 2013 corruption operation against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s son Bilal Erdogan and some pro-government businessmen. Istanbul prosecutor...
Former police chief Anadolu Atayun, in pre-trial detention for 3 years, sentenced to 40.5 years in jail

Former police chief Anadolu Atayun, in pre-trial detention for 3 years, sentenced to 40.5 years in jail

by TurkeyPurge | Aug 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Former police chief Anadolu Atayun, under arrest for more than 3 years now over his links to the Gulen movement, has been sentenced to 40 years plus 6 months in prison. Put in pre-trial detention in May 2015 , the former head of the Konya police’s anti-smuggling and...
Turkish singer sentenced to 12 months in prison for insulting Erdogan in lyrics

Turkish singer sentenced to 12 months in prison for insulting Erdogan in lyrics

by TurkeyPurge | Jun 2, 2018 | Today in Crackdown

Turkish composer Erdal Guney was sentenced to nearly 12 months in prison for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a 2014 single. Guney was given 11 months and 20 days in prison for insulting the President in his song, titled Babacigim [Daddy], Birgun daily...
Turkey detains US witness Reza Zarrab’s three employees in Istanbul

Turkey detains US witness Reza Zarrab’s three employees in Istanbul

by TurkeyPurge | Dec 4, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

Three employees of Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab were detained as part of the Turkish government’s latest response to the businessman’s guilty plea in a US trial that implicated President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s close circle. Zarrab’s employees Sinem Arslan,...
Wives of another 3 police chiefs who led 2013 corruption operations detained

Wives of another 3 police chiefs who led 2013 corruption operations detained

by TurkeyPurge | Nov 18, 2017 | Today in Crackdown

The wives of former police chiefs including Ömer Köse, Nazmi Ardıç and Mustafa Demirhan, who led corruption operations against the government in 2013 and an operation into the Iran-backed Tevhid-Selam network in Turkey in 2010, have been detained, the TR724 news...
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