by TurkeyPurge | Jul 2, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A former police officer who was suspended from the office over his alleged ties to the Gulen movement has killed himself in Kahramanmaras’s Turkoglu district. Local media reported Sunday that 31-year-old former police officer, identified by his initials F.Ç.,...
by TurkeyPurge | May 28, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 545 people were detained as part of investigations into the Gülen movement over the past week, according to government data. In a written statement on Monday, the Interior Ministry said 545 people were rounded up in operations targeting the Gülen movement...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 3, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The mother of Semih Özakça, a primary school teacher who went on a hunger strike after he was fired by government decree in the aftermath of a July 15 coup attempt in Turkey, has been detained. Özakça’s mother, Sultan, was detained along with Beyza, the sister of the...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 7, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish family that was victimized by a government purge of the Gülen movement following a failed coup in July 2016 has fled to Greece in an inflatable boat, telling their children it was a “game,” Euronews reported on Tuesday. According to the report, 46-year-old...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 25, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Selim Gundogdu, a 26-year-old Samsun man was found hanged on a tree in front of his house on Nov 19, media reported claiming that he was struggling with physiological problems due to his dismissal as part of the government’s post-coup purge. A recent graduate of the...