by TurkeyPurge | Nov 9, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
An İstanbul court has started an extradition proceedings for Arif Erdem, a retired Turkish international footballer of Albanian descent and the former manager of İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor, on terror and coup charges, several Turkish media outlets reported....
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by TurkeyPurge | Oct 23, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has ordered an anti-terror investigation into the Rocky Balboa choreography, displayed by Galatasaray fans during a Sunday derby with Fenerbahce, daily Hurriyet reported. The Galatasaray tifo sparked heated debates after the...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 25, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A decision by the disciplinary board of Turkey’s Galatasaray to expel its seven members was partly accepted after a general assembly vote on Saturday. Majority of the club members voted to remove former prosecutor Zekeriya Öz, former governors Şahabettin Harput and...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 1, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
An indictment seeking up to 15 years’ imprisonment for former Galatasaray soccer players İsmail Demiriz, Arif Erdem and Uğur Tütüneker over alleged links to the Gülen movement has been drafted, according to Turkish media on Thursday. In September the disciplinary...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 30, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s prestigious Galatasaray cancelled the classes taught by forensic science professor, Şebnem Korur Fincancı for signing a long-debated declaration that criticized Turkish military action in the largely Kurdish southeast. Giving forensic science lectures at the...
Emotional reunion of 9-year-old daughter, disabled father after 20 months in Turkish prison
Dementia-suffering Kurdish politician released from prison
The head of Turkey’s doctors’ union sent to prison on terror accusations
Turkish police detain 543 people in 59 provinces over alleged Gülen links
Son of purge-victim judge jumps to his death from İstanbul’s Galata Tower
Constitutional court rejects jailed Kurdish youngster’s appeal for release
This Kurdish youngster in 6th year in Silivri prison on coup charges
14 more military cadets set free after 6 years in prison
Turkish gov’t seeks extradition of critical journalist Cevheri Güven
Purge-victim police officer dies after accident at a mining site in Gebze