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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Dementia-suffering Kurdish politician released from prison
The head of Turkey’s doctors’ union sent to prison on terror accusations
Turkish police detain 543 people in 59 provinces over alleged Gülen links
Son of purge-victim judge jumps to his death from İstanbul’s Galata Tower
Constitutional court rejects jailed Kurdish youngster’s appeal for release
This Kurdish youngster in 6th year in Silivri prison on coup charges
14 more military cadets set free after 6 years in prison
Turkish gov’t seeks extradition of critical journalist Cevheri Güven
Purge-victim police officer dies after accident at a mining site in Gebze