by TurkeyPurge | Aug 10, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish prosecutor on Tuesday demanded lengthy prison sentences for Cafer Tekin İpek and Melek İpek, the brother and the mother of Turkish businessman Akın İpek, on charges of membership in Gülen movement and violating tax law, the state-run Anadolu news agency...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 8, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
The value of immovable properties including dormitories, real estate and schools that the government has confiscated as part of its clampdown on the Gülen movement totals around TL 15 billion ($4.9 billion), according to Environment and Urban Planning Minister Mehmet...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 29, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
The government-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has taken over more than 200 companies as part of investigations into the Gülen movement in the recent past. According to the public broadcaster Anadolu Agency, the number of firms confiscated as part of...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 7, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A wall and some arbors that were allegedly illegally erected by Melek İpek, mother of Akın İpek, a businessman in a self-imposed exile in Britain, were demolished by municipal teams accompanied by an Ottoman march, DHA has reported. The demolition was carried out by a...
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