by TurkeyPurge | Apr 6, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An Istanbul court ruled that the state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) takes over the administration of Hasan Gultekin Gaziantep Baklavacisi, an 8-store baklava chain. According to Turkish media, Hasan Güc, the deputy governor of Istanbul’s Kagithane...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 1, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Serdar Seyidoğlu, the general manager of Seyidoğlu Baklava chain was detained over his alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt. Detention warrants were issued for 87 individuals early on September 30....
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 8, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 27 businessmen were arrested on Thursday as part of an ongoing investigation into a failed coup attempt in July that the government accuses the faith-based Gülen movement of masterminding. Twenty-seven businessmen, including Faruk Güllü, one of the brothers...