by TurkeyPurge | Jul 6, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish gov’t issues new decree law to dismiss more public servants from state institutions on terror charges, thousands flock to the Official Gazette website. Rumors say over 9000 police officers may have been fired from their jobs on terror charges. More details to...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 12, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish academic Betül Havva Aymaz, who was dismissed from her position as part of a government purge following a failed coup on July 15, says she is stuck in Germany because Turkish government has recently cancelled her passport on the grounds that a warrant for her...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 11, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish authorities have begun to seal off the buildings of associations and foundations that were closed down by a recent government decree after prosecutors claimed that they were linked to terrorist organizations or groups deemed to be acting against “national...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 22, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
As part of a post-coup-attempt purge, the Turkish government has dismissed a total of 9977people from state institutions, and suspended another 5434 with new state of emergency decrees issued on Tuesday. According to the two new decrees, numbered 677 and 678, a total...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 8, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Academics from Ankara’s Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) on Tuesday staged a protest against a government decree cancelling intra-university elections for university rectors. The academics wore their robes and met on the university campus in protest of a...