by TurkeyPurge | Aug 23, 2019 | Int'l Reactions
Eight Turkish citizens whose passports were revoked by the Turkish government and legal residence in Mongolia ended at the end of July travelled to Canada on August 11 just after Canada decided to grant asylum, Bold Medya reported on Thursday. The people are accused...
by TurkeyPurge | May 16, 2019 | Int'l Reactions, Today in Crackdown
The number of people who were detained while trying to escape from Turkey to Greece in the face of a government crackdown against the suspected followers of the Gulen movement has reached to 546. Anadolu news agency reported that 546 suspected Gulenists were detained...
by TurkeyPurge | May 13, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Detention warrants were issued for 64 former police officers who were dismissed from their jobs as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement. Media reported Monday that 46 of the suspects were detained during simultaneous police operations in Antalya, Çorum,...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 25, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
A former top judge who was jailed as part of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s post-coup crackdown has been sentenced to 10 years, 3 months and 22 days in prison. Former Supreme Court of Appeals member Mustafa Akkus was convicted of membership to the Gulen movement, a...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 12, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
İsmail Çolak, owner of the famous İsmail’in Yeri (İsmail’s Place) grill restaurant in the northwestern Turkish province of Bolu, was put in pre-trial detention by a Düzce court over his alleged links to the Gülen group. According to Turkish media, Çolak’s restaurant,...