by TurkeyPurge | Mar 9, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
An Ankara prosecutor issued warrants to detain 12 engineers as part of a post-court investigation into the Gulen movement in Ankara, on Friday. Police carried out raids on several locations in Ankara, İstanbul, Manisa, Muğla and Sakarya provinces and five of the...
by TurkeyPurge | May 24, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A Kayseri-based civil engineer, identified as O.E., was given 8 years and 9 months of prison sentence over his links to the Gulen movement. In pre-trial detention for months, O.E. was convicted of membership to a terror group. Media reported on Tuesday that O.E. is...
by TurkeyPurge | May 11, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Architects and engineers who were removed from their jobs at public institutions with post-coup emergency decrees, has been banned from serving as building inspector until the year 3025, media reported. A recent notice, allegedly sent by the Environment and Urban...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A Kocaeli engineer, identified by his initials M.K., told the judge in charge that he will stand trial for his decision to sentence the former to nearly 7 years in jail on terror charges, media said Monday. “Dear judge, I didn’t get this sentence. You sentenced...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 10, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Polymer engineering professor Hüseyin Yıldırım and four people, who all used to work at the Yalova University were detained as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement on Friday. The suspects are accused of having made donations to the movement, state-run...
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