by TurkeyPurge | Jul 24, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Calgary-based Turkish-Canadian Davut Hanci was sentenced to 15 years in prison over his links to the Gulen movement, media said Friday. A court in Turkey’s Northwestern province of Trabzon gave Hancı, already under pre-trial detention for nearly 2 years, 15 years of...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 18, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Fatih Uğur Koştan, a former captain who was removed from his post in February due to his alleged links to the Gülen movement, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup attempt in July 2016, committed suicide in İzmir province late on...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 1, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 493 people were detained as part of investigations into the Gülen movement over the past week, according to government data. In a written statement on Monday, the Interior Ministry said 493 people were rounded up in operations targeting the Gülen movement...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 30, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish security forces detained a total of 62,402 people in 2017 over alleged links to the Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Wednesday based on data released by the Interior Ministry. The Gülen movement is accused by the Justice and...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 30, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
At least four people have already committed suicide for being investigated over ByLock mobile app that they had never downloaded, according to human rights defender Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu. The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday stated that 11,480...
Purge-victim Turkish engineer banned from public service until the year 3025
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Wife of purge-victim Turkish businessman sent to prison in Gaziantep
Purge-victim Turkish judge dies of cancer
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