by TurkeyPurge | Feb 1, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Journalist Cem Kucuk, a staunch supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has called on the government to close down the critical TV channel, KRT. “[Foreigners] in YPG ranks in Afrin fire their guns against Turkish troops. And then, this KRT TV channel host...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 6, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Cahit Nakıboğlu, a 70-year-old businessman who spent nearly 1.5 years behind bars as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown against the Gulen movement, was re-arrested only a day after he was released under house arrest. The new ruling to re-jail him came hours...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 27, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s National Intelligence Agency (MIT) has set up a special unit to track down the overseas supporters of the movement, the state-run Anadolu news agency confirmed on Monday. “MIT [Turkey’s National Intelligence Agency] established a special unit for FETÖ members...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 20, 2017 | Anti-Gulen, Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses, Today in Crackdown
Journalist Cem Küçük, a staunch supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said following operations in Pakistan and Indonesia, the Turkish intelligence agency would abduct followers of the Gülen movement in the US and Europe. “People who are well known by...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 6, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Ibrahim Anaz, one of the executives at a Brussels-based association sympathetic to the Gulen movement, was stabbed by a family member who is a supporter of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to local media. Anaz was stabbed and seriously wounded by one of his...