by TurkeyPurge | Mar 11, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 511,000 people were detained over their suspected ties to the Gulen movement since the July 15, 2016 failed coup, according to Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu. Speaking to a group of journalists on Monday, Soylu said the total number of those detained in...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 8, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 467 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 467 people were rounded up in operations targeting the Gülen movement...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 10, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 963 people were detained in operations targeting the Gülen movement over the past week, according to a statement from Turkey’s Interior Ministry on Monday. The detentions took place between April 3 and 10. As a result of operations targeting left-wing...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 10, 2016 | Hate Crime
Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has announced that a total of 36,000 people have been arrested so far in ongoing operations targeting alleged members of the faith-based Gülen movement. Speaking to the Anadolu news agency, Bozdağ provided figures related to an...