by TurkeyPurge | May 28, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The İstanbul 26th High Criminal Court handed down aggravated life sentences to 41 defendants on Friday, among them Ahmet Özdemir, who was fulfilling his mandatory military service and joined the army only five days before a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. He was...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 11, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Journalist Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu, already under arrest for more than 17 months as part of the Turkish government’s post-coup crackdown, has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The lead colunnist for the leftist Türk Solu...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 13, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
At least 7,605 arrest warrants are outstanding as part of investigations into the Gulen movement in Turkey where the government has already put 50,344 people in pre-trial detention in its crackdown against the group since last summer. Turkish government accuses the...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 2, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Under arrest as part of a post-coup investigation into the Gulen movement, Aydın Sefa Akay, an Ankara-born United Nations (UN) judge faces up to 15 years in prison. Arrested on Sept 26, 2016, Akay is accused of membership to the movement, attempting to abolish...
by TurkeyPurge | May 26, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
At least 43 more companies were seized over coup charges between Apr 1 and May 24, bringing the total number of companies under the state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund’s (TMSF) control to 922. The companies in question were targeted as part of a sweeping state...
Emotional reunion of 9-year-old daughter, disabled father after 20 months in Turkish prison
Dementia-suffering Kurdish politician released from prison
The head of Turkey’s doctors’ union sent to prison on terror accusations
Turkish police detain 543 people in 59 provinces over alleged Gülen links
Son of purge-victim judge jumps to his death from İstanbul’s Galata Tower
Constitutional court rejects jailed Kurdish youngster’s appeal for release
This Kurdish youngster in 6th year in Silivri prison on coup charges
14 more military cadets set free after 6 years in prison
Turkish gov’t seeks extradition of critical journalist Cevheri Güven
Purge-victim police officer dies after accident at a mining site in Gebze