by TurkeyPurge | Sep 10, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Interior Ministry has released a list of 99 people who are currently abroad and who will be stripped of citizenship if they do not return to the country within three months. Published in the Official Gazette on Sept 10, the list implicates 99 people, among...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 5, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Interior Ministry has released the list of 130 people who are currently abroad including Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen and two deputies from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who will be stripped of citizenship if they do not return to...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 7, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Three post-coup government decrees, issued on Jan. 6, 2017, enabled authorities to strip Turkish nationals living abroad of their citizenship if they do not come back in three months after they were summoned as part of an investigation or prosecution. President Recep...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 28, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) will revoke the citizenship of followers of the faith-based Gülen movement who sought refuge abroad due to a government crackdown on alleged movement sympathizers if they do not return to Turkey within a certain period of...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 15, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan threatened Gülen movement sympathizers, who he accuses of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, with a revocation of their citizenship and said he hopes those countries who shelter and host them will be troubled by their presence....