by TurkeyPurge | Mar 5, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) Chairman Muhiddin Gülal said Monday 932 companies that were earlier confiscated over Gulen links are now under TMSF’s control. Gulal said the companies are valued at TL 21.2 billion ($3.9 billion) and have...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 11, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Antalya-based Kırmızıtaş Holding was seized and its three owners have been detained as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement, according to media. Owners Recai Kırmızıtaş, İsmail Kırmızıtaş and Hamza Kırmızıtaş were detained as part of the same...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 21, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Custom officers in Turkey’s Kocaeli has intercepted a container carrying personal belongings of the exiled businessman, Ahmet Nurettin Uğur, media reported Feb 20. The container, shipped from Kocaeli’s Derince port to the US, was carrying, among others, several ATM...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 3, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkish businessmen who have attempt to move their assets abroad are traitors and that the government should not let such moves happen. “I have been receiving information that some businessmen have been trying to move their assets...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 21, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish government seized at least 2,421 trademarks, 101 designs along with 15 patents from businesses blacklisted over their links to the the Gulen movement, according to Science, Industry and Technology Minister Faruk Ozlu. “Turkish Patent and Trademark Office has...