by TurkeyPurge | Mar 7, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Vahit Yazgan, the former bureau chief of the shuttered Zaman daily in Turkey’s western province of İzmir, was sentenced to eight years, nine months in prison on Wednesday based on an anonymous letter alleging that he was a member of a “terrorist organization.” The...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 23, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
At least 643 people were detained as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement over the past week. In a written statement on Monday, the Interior Ministry said 643 people were rounded up in operations targeting the Gülen movement in between Oct 16 and 23....