by TurkeyPurge | Jul 26, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 5 people were detained for attending local protests in Sakarya against detainment of journalists Ekrem Dumanlı and Hidayet Karaca in 2014, as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement on Tuesday. The detainees are reported to be former employees of...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 8, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Jailed journalist Hidayet Karaca and Zaman newspaper’s former owner Aladdin Kaya were sentenced to life in prison on Friday. The Ankara 4th High Criminal Court gave aggravated life sentences to four out of seven jailed defendants on charges of “attempted...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 17, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Rabia Baser, the wife of the now-dismissed judge Mustafa Baser was sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison on terror charges on Wednesday. Mrs. Baser rejected the accusation that she is a member of the Gulen movement during her final hearing. However, the court in...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 3, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Samanyolu Broadcasting Group General Manager Hidayet Karaca has been sentenced to 31 years in prison by an Istanbul court on charges of membership in a terrorist organization and for allegedly slandering the al-Qaeda-affiliated group Tahşiyeciler, Habertürk reported...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 30, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An indictment prepared by an İstanbul prosecutor seeks forty years jail term for Samanyolu Broadcasting Group General Manager Hidayet Karaca on charges of membership in an organization that conspired against a Turkey-based radical Islamist group called “Taşhiyeciler.”...