by TurkeyPurge | Nov 10, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Enver Kılıç and Zabit Kişi, the two Turkish nationals who were abducted from a plane in Kazakhstan in mid-September turn out to have been forcedly returned to Turkey and taken into custody, according to media. Aktif Haber online news portal said on Nov 9 that the two...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 19, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish national Zabit Kişi was abducted from a plane by a group of unknown people in Kazak city of Almaty, his wife said in a recent video recording during which she also expressed concerns over Turkey’s long arm abroad. Social media accounts familiar with the issue...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 16, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Hardly a day goes without a news story about disappearances of Turkish nationals abroad. In a recent video recording widely shared on social media on Oct 16, a Turkish woman Birsen Kilic said her husband Enver Kılıç disappeared while flying from Kazakhstan to...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 11, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Kyrgyz nationals who study at the schools affiliated with the Gülen movement as well as their families are being denied visas to Turkey, according to deputy Education Minister Orhan Erdem. Speaking to a Bursa gathering that was attended by academics from Kyrgyzstan on...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 8, 2016 | Anti-Gulen, Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses
Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has gathered intelligence via imams from 38 countries on the activities of suspected followers of Gülen movement, according to Hürriyet Daily News. In its briefing to the parliamentary coup commission, Diyanet said...