by TurkeyPurge | Nov 24, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Education Ministry has made a “necessary falsification” on its records shortly after a devoted physics teacher, removed from his job in the government’s post-coup purge, drowned along with his family while fleeing further persecution to Greece. Huseyin Maden,...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 12, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
At least 139,141 copies of books were removed from 1,142 public libraries across Turkey as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown, according to the Culture and Tourism Ministry data. Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said during a parliamentary meeting on Oct 11 that...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 6, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish prosecutors, on Tuesday, issued detention warrants for 47 people working at Turkey’s education and energy ministries over alleged links to the Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup attempt on July 15. Thirty of...
by TurkeyPurge | May 16, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Detention warrants were issued for 60 Energy Ministry personnel as well as 25 from the Education Ministry as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement, according to Turkish media. Warrants were issued early on Tuesday while at least 40 were taken into...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 31, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Education Ministry, in cooperation with the Language and Literature Association and the Turkish Language Council (TDK), is promising a top prize of joining President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during one of his overseas trips to the winner of a poetry and story...