![[VIDEO] Riot police detain 8 people over Gulen links in Turkey’s Erzurum](https://turkeypurge.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/21-1.jpg)
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 23, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 8 people were detained in an Erzurum-based operation carried out by riot police, state-run Anadolu news agency said Nov 21. Detention warrants were issued for 11 people who are accused of being “residents of the apartments, allegedly formed to resume...
![[VIDEO] Businessman dies in traffic accident while on way to visit relatives in prison](https://turkeypurge.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1212-1.jpg)
by TurkeyPurge | May 20, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
59-year-old businessman Sacit Çalık has died in a tragic traffic accident that claimed the lives of 4 others while he was reportedly on his way to visit his relatives imprisoned in an Elazig prison. Çalık’s car collided head-on with a minibus near Erzurum’s Cat...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 2, 2018 | Human Tragedies
Four members of a Turkish family were killed in a car crash while driving back from an Erzurum prison where another member of the family is being held as a post-coup prisoner, Aktif Haber online news portal said Thursday. Four members of the Aydin family died while a...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 7, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A tea house in Turkey’s eastern province of Erzurum was banned due to Kurdish-language songs played in the café, according to media. Mezopotamya news agency reported Tuesday that a tea house in Erzurum’s Karaçoban district was raided by police and military officers...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 26, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen’s niece, identified as B.G., was given 7.5 years of prison sentence on terror charges. State-run Anadolu news agency said Thursday that B.G., under pretrial detention since Nov 2016, was sentenced to 7 years plus 6 months in...
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