by TurkeyPurge | Jan 31, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Mersin police, on Monday, detained 18 suspects as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. While fourteen were accused of giving financial support to the movement, the remaining 4...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 20, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 236 out of 530 military officers for whom detention warrants were issued last week across 58 provinces for their use of a smart phone application known as ByLock have been detained. The İstanbul 11th Penal Court of Peace last week issued detention warrants...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 29, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Twenty-three people working for different state institutions in Turkey’s central Anatolian province of Konya were detained on Tuesday on the grounds that they use a smart phone application known as ByLock. The state workers were detained as part of an investigation,...