by TurkeyPurge | Mar 12, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Izmir-based Ege University was revealed to be discriminating against those who were dismissed from their jobs as part of the Turkish government’s post-coup crackdown in the aftermath of the July 15, 2016 failed coup. The university’s Graduate School of...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 19, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Izmir police detained an Afghan national, identified as A.F.O., in Bornova district as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement. State-run Anadolu news agency reported Saturday that A.F.O. was rounded up on accusation that he helped Afghan students who study...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 12, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An arrest warrant had been issued for Prof. Dr. Mustafa Cüneyt Hoşcoşkun, the former Ege University rector who dismissed 11 academics from the same university in post-coup purge that later hit himself too, state-run Anadolu agency reported on Monday. During his tenure...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 26, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Prof. Dr. Mustafa Cüneyt Hoşcoşkun, the former Ege University rector who dismissed 11 academics from the same university in post-coup purge, was removed from his job as part of the government’s new emergency decrees. The new decrees, published in the Official Gazette...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 30, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Twelve people including people from Izmir’s Ege University detained as part of an investigation against the Gülen movement, which is accused by the government of masterminding a failed coup attempt on July 15, on Friday. The detainees are accused of using the...
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