by TurkeyPurge | Jan 11, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Ankara Public prosecutor’s office has been investigating 50 to 60 businessmen who are suspected of having withdrawn from the country’s stock exchange just before a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. According to pro-government Yeni Safak daily, the businessmen in...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 5, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Two women, identified as H.T. and S.S., were detained when they went through security check before visiting their imprisoned husbands at a prison in Turkey’s Edirne province. Dogan news agency reported Friday that H.T. was detained on charges of membership to the...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 23, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has ordered an anti-terror investigation into the Rocky Balboa choreography, displayed by Galatasaray fans during a Sunday derby with Fenerbahce, daily Hurriyet reported. The Galatasaray tifo sparked heated debates after the...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 9, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An Ankara prosecutor has launched a probe against 7 people including Kezban Şaçılık, the septuagenarian mother of the dismissed civil servant Veli Şaçılık. Veli Saçılık is a former political prisoner and public servant who was sacked by government decree in the...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 18, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Two children of former police chief Anadolu Atayun, who has already been under arrest for some 3 years, was detained over their alleged use of ByLock mobile app on Friday. A Konya prosecutor has issued detention warrants for 38 people including Atayun’s children,...