by TurkeyPurge | Jul 19, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Twenty-one businessmen including Mehmet Tahir Sekizkardeş, the owner of Gorgulu pastry shops chain were detained over their alleged ties to the Gulen movement. Media reported Thursday that detention warrants were issued for 32 businessmen who are suspected of having...
by TurkeyPurge | May 26, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Memduh Çıkmaz, a Turkish businessman who was detained in Sudan and forced back to Turkey as part of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s global manhunt last year, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail. Corum 2nd High Criminal Court handed over its verdict in a case...
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by TurkeyPurge | May 20, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
59-year-old businessman Sacit Çalık has died in a tragic traffic accident that claimed the lives of 4 others while he was reportedly on his way to visit his relatives imprisoned in an Elazig prison. Çalık’s car collided head-on with a minibus near Erzurum’s Cat...
by TurkeyPurge | May 7, 2018 | Human Tragedies, Today in Crackdown
Ali Hocaoğlu, a Turkish businessmen who had spent a year in pre-trial detention over his alleged links to the Gulen movement, has died of gastric cancer, according to media. Izmir-based businessman was jailed as part of an investigation into the Gulen followers in...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 15, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
Federal prosecutors in Switzerland are investigating whether Turkish diplomats and intelligence officers planned to drug and kidnap a Swiss-Turkish businessman shortly after the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, local media said. A group of five including the diplomats...
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Turkish woman says she was tortured with acid in police custody: report
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