by TurkeyPurge | May 21, 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 10 years in prison. Former Supreme Court of Appeals member Mustafa Akarsu was convicted of membership to the Gulen movement, a broadened terror...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 10, 2019 | Int'l Reactions
Turkey has been arbitrarily jailing hundreds of lawyers and putting them on trial in the aftermath of the country’s failed military coup in July 2016, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The move is part of the Turkish authorities’ major assault on the...
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 | Dec 22, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A Samsun couple, both judges who were earlier removed from their offices over alleged ties to the Gulen movement, were sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison. O.F.K. and his wife F.K. appeared in their final hearing, state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Dec...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 3, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish judge, identified as Ö. K., was arrested near Turkey’s Greek frontier in Edirne’s Ipsala district on Monday. Gendarmerie raided a country house in Haci village in Ipsala and rounded up Ö. K. who had an outstanding arrest warrant issued as part of an...
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