by TurkeyPurge | Mar 12, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Detention warrants were issued for 102 people over their suspected use of ByLock, an encrypted mobile app that Turkish government sees as a communication tool among followers of the Gulen movement, on Tuesday. Anadolu Agency said that 45 of those suspects were already...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 2, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Warrants were issued to round up 23 teachers who used to work for the schools that the government shut down over ties to the Gulen movement after the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. The teachers are accused of using the smart phone application ByLock, which according to...
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 | Nov 25, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The chief physician of the Akpınar State Hospital in Kirsehir province, identified only by his initials C.K., has been caught and put in pretrial detention over his alleged use of ByLock. State-run Anadolu news agency reported on Saturday that police detained C.K. at...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 18, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An Istanbul prosecutor launched investigation against journalist Ismail Küçükkaya and lawyer Fidel Okan for implying that the family issues minister Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya’s husband used the controversial mobile app, ByLock, on Tuesday. Küçükkaya and Okan tweeted on...
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