by TurkeyPurge | Mar 27, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Yet another two judges were taken into custody over their alleged ties to the Gulen movement, in Ankara on Wednesday. State-run Anadolu news agency said judges A.O.C. and M.O. were detained as a result of a separate investigation into their colleagues. Turkish...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 27, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
A former top judge who was jailed as part of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s post-coup crackdown has been sentenced to 13 years and 6 months in prison. Former Supreme Court of Appeals member Oktay Acu was convicted of membership to the Gulen movement, a broadened...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
A former top judge who was jailed as part of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s post-coup crackdown has been sentenced to 8 years and 9 months in prison, on Tuesday. Former Council of State member Mithat Ozcan was convicted of membership to the Gulen movement, a...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 5, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 11 people have been stopped near in Edirne province while they were reportedly on their way to Greece, media reported. State-run Anadolu news agency said Monday that Edirne police stopped caught 11 people in 2 cars and a bus near Ipsala district. Eleven...
by TurkeyPurge | May 25, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Detention warrants have been issued for 7 people as part of an investigation into the alleged followers of the Gulen movement in Turkey’s Tokay province. A Tokat prosecutor, on Friday, issued warrants to detain 4 lawyers as well as 2 judge candidates and 1 assistant...
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