by TurkeyPurge | Nov 29, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish prosecutor has announced that he seeks life sentences for 59 suspects, among them police chiefs who led Dec 25, 2013 corruption operation against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s son Bilal Erdogan and some pro-government businessmen. Istanbul prosecutor...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Former police chief Anadolu Atayun, under arrest for more than 3 years now over his links to the Gulen movement, has been sentenced to 40 years plus 6 months in prison. Put in pre-trial detention in May 2015 , the former head of the Konya police’s anti-smuggling and...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 2, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish composer Erdal Guney was sentenced to nearly 12 months in prison for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a 2014 single. Guney was given 11 months and 20 days in prison for insulting the President in his song, titled Babacigim [Daddy], Birgun daily...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 15, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The headquarters of the Ordu-based TV 52 was red-tagged over problems with the safety standards on March 12. City police from Ordu’s central district of Altinordu raided the TV 52 and red-tagged its office on the grounds that the channel failed to meet zoning and fire...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 9, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Ankara governor has banned an anti-corruption panel discussion by a communist party member, the day before it started. The panel, “Zarrab Trial, Off-Shore Documents and Corruptions: What Should The Public Do?” scheduled to be held by Turkey’s Communist Party (TKP)...