by TurkeyPurge | Aug 16, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish police have arrested another German citizen, a German foreign ministry source said on Thursday, and public broadcaster ARD said the man had been accused of “terrorist propaganda” after criticizing the Turkish government, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 16, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A 37-year-old Swiss-Turkish national, identified with his initials E.D., was remanded in prison after he was detained upon a complaint that he was preparing to escape to Greece. Media reported that E.D. was caught preparing for an illegal departure from Turkey’s...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 10, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Enver Kılıç and Zabit Kişi, the two Turkish nationals who were abducted from a plane in Kazakhstan in mid-September turn out to have been forcedly returned to Turkey and taken into custody, according to media. Aktif Haber online news portal said on Nov 9 that the two...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 23, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The number of German citizens in Turkish prisons have increased by one on Sept 15, according to Deutsche Welle. Martin Schaefer, a German foreign ministry spokesman, announced on Sept 11 that a German couple of Turkish origin was detained at an İstanbul airport. While...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 4, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
With several top government officials urging citizens to report sympathizers of Gülen movement to law enforcement authorities, the number of people informing on suspected Gülenists to Turkey’s national intelligence (MİT) service skyrocketed from some 2,000 to nearly...