by TurkeyPurge | Oct 21, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Held under arrest as part of a government crackdown on the Gülen movement and its alleged sympathizers, 61-year-old Ahmet Ok died after suffering a heart attack in Anamur Prison on Thursday. Ok, of Mersin, was among 34,000 people who were put behind bars over alleged...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 13, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Two lawyers who are registered to the Konya Bar Association and being investigated for their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, have been arrested in the Kuşadası district of Aydın province by the Turkish authorities while they were attempting to flee...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 2, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Fifteen academics who were claimed to be using ByLock, a smart phone messaging application, were detained on Saturday as part of a witch-hunt targeting the Gülen movement. Detention warrants issued for 23 faculty members from Turkey’s Ege University. While 15 of them...