by TurkeyPurge | Mar 20, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A 31-year old agricultural engineer who was earlier dismissed from a government position over his alleged links to the Gülen group, has been abducted in Rize province, according to several tweets posted by people claiming to be his relatives. “Agricultural...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 9, 2018 | Int'l Reactions
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Friday condemned the sentences ranging from two to seven years in prison that 25 Turkish journalists received on March 8 in a political mass trial in Istanbul targeting opposition journalists. The sentences were issued after the 25...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 10, 2018 | Human Tragedies
Vahyettin Yahya Bayat, a 65-year-old Turkish businessman under arrest as part of an investigation into the Gulen group, passed away after a heart attack on Friday morning, the TR724 news portal reported. Bayat lost his life in his cell in Diyarbakır Prison following a...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 3, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish police on Wednesday detained 49 former shareholders of the now-closed Islamic lender Bank Asya out of 68 for whom warrants were issued over alleged links to the Gülen group, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. The operation, spanning nine provinces,...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 29, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued detention warrants for a total of 135 people in İstanbul and the southern Turkish province of Adana over alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, accused by the government of orchestrating a failed coup attempt...
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