by TurkeyPurge | Mar 25, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish Education Ministry Undersecretary Yusuf Tekin on Sunday said they have completed a purge of Gülen movement members and institutions in his ministry, the DHA news agency reported. “The fight against Fetö [a derogatory name used by the Turkish government for the...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 12, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 666 people in total have been detained for their critical stance against Turkey’s Afrin operations so far, according to official data. The Interior Ministry said in a statement on Feb 12 that 474 people were detained for “terror propaganda in their social...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 5, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 573 people in total have been detained for their critical stance against Turkey’s Afrin operations so far, according to official data. The Interior Ministry said in a statement on Feb 5 that 449 people were detained for “terror propaganda in their social...
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
There are at least 230,735 people who were arrested and put behind bars in prisons across Turkey, according to the Justice Ministry. In response to a parliamentary question by the opposition deputy Gamze Ilgezdi, the ministry said 230,735 arrestees were recorded to be...
Emotional reunion of 9-year-old daughter, disabled father after 20 months in Turkish prison
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