by TurkeyPurge | Mar 15, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 14 people were detained over their alleged use of ByLock mobile application in Turkey’s central Anatolian province of Konya on Thursday. A Turkish prosecutor issued detention warrants for a total of 17 people in Konya on accusations that they use a...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 1, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 15 lawyers, and judges and prosecutors who were earlier removed from their offices as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown were detained on Jan 1. State-run Anadolu news agency said Monday that police carried out operations in several provinces and...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 27, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Detention warrants were issued for 171 academics and former personnel of the now-defunct Fatih University on Wednesday. State-run Anadolu news agency reported that warrants were issued for people who used to work for Fatih University and that police carried out...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 1, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Detention warrants were issued for 112 people as part of an investigation into the now-defunct Journalists and Writers’ Foundation (GYV), on Wednesday. An Istanbul prosecutor ordered warrants against GYV’s former members and executives in 16 provinces, media said. 35...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 11, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 40 individuals including academics and staff members at the Ankara-based Turgut Özal University which was closed down by the government in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt last July...