by TurkeyPurge | Jan 14, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At total of 7,655 people were dismissed from the Health Ministry as part of the government’s post-coup purge of state institutions, according to official data. Health Minister Ahmet Demircan told the state-run Anadolu agency that 7,655 people working under his...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 30, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Family and Social Policies Minister Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya prevented a FOX TV reporter to record her voice during a speech she made on the sidelines of an Istanbul event on Nov 29. “Take it out. I am not going to talk to that,” Kaya said pointing to a FOX TV mic, and...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 10, 2016 | Anti-Gulen, Hate Speech, Human Rights Abuses
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım told fellow deputies from Justice and Development Party (AKP) in a meetin on Friday that they will be relentless in rooting out FETO, a derogatory term coined by AKP government to refer to Gülen movement symphatizers, from...
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 | Oct 7, 2016 | Torture
After he was kept behind bars for 12 days as part of an investigation into Turkish hacker group RedHack, Taylan Kulaçoğlu, an alleged member of the group, has said he was threatened with rape during his detention. Six people including Kulaçoğlu who were detained on...