by TurkeyPurge | Sep 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A non-commissioned police officer until he was dismissed in the aftermath of the July 15, 2016 failed coup, identified as C.B.A., has been detained while he was reportedly on his way to illegally sneak into Iraq along with his children. State-run Anadolu news agency...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 22, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
At least 11 people, among them 5 children, were detained in Turkey’s Edirne province while they were on their way to escape to the Greece, state-run Anadolu news agency reported Tuesday. Police, upon an earlier tip-off, stopped a car near Edirne’s Yenikadın village...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 28, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
B.A., the wife of former police chief Anadolu Atayun, who has already been under arrest for some 3 years, was put in pretrial detention after she was caught red handed while trying to illegally escape to Greece in a boat. Following a 34-hour chase launched upon a...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 2, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Ten people were detained near Turkey’s Greek frontier in Edine’s Meric district after they unsuccessfully attempted to illegally cross the border. The detainees included four teachers, a doctor and a sergeant who were all dismissed from their jobs over their alleged...