by TurkeyPurge | May 27, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
At least 20 people were detained as part of a Denizli-based investigation into the Gulen movement, media reported Monday. Police carried out raids at different locations in Denizli, Istanbul, Ankara, Bursa, Aydın, Van, Uşak and Bayburt provinces and detained the...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 30, 2019 | Human Tragedies, Today in Crackdown
Mehdi Başoğlu, a 22-year-old recent university graduate from Istanbul, lost his chance to enter US with the Green Card Diversity program due to an arrest warrant Turkish government issued against him as part of the post-coup crackdown. Bold online news portal reported...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 19, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Detention warrants were issued for 18 teachers in Turkey’s Ankara as part of a post-coup investigation into the Gulen movement, on Tuesday. The suspects are accused of using Bylock, an encrypted mobile app that Turkish government sees as a communication tool...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 12, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Detention warrants were issued for 102 people over their suspected use of ByLock, an encrypted mobile app that Turkish government sees as a communication tool among followers of the Gulen movement, on Tuesday. Anadolu Agency said that 45 of those suspects were already...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 11, 2018 | Human Tragedies, Today in Crackdown
Turkish journalist Ece Sevim Öztürk, who produced investigative reports on the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, on Tuesday was sentenced to three years, one month and 15 days in prison on charges of supporting a terrorist organization. Öztürk was released pending appeal...