by TurkeyPurge | Jul 12, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Defense Ministry has announced that a total of 7,655 people have been dismissed from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) since a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. According to the ministry, 150 generals and admirals as well as 4,287 other officers were...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 6, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Two Turkish police vehicles suddenly turn left and right to block a highway that connects to the Governor’s Office in Izmir, a western Turkish province. The plan is to create a traffic congestion to stop a military convoy from advancing. The police officers, A.G. and...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 6, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Forty-seven people including military officers and a deputy governor were arrested in separate operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement in İstanbul and Ankara on Thursday. Twenty-seven people, among them military officers and pilots from the Akıncı 4th Air...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 28, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and taken into custody. At least 307 people were arrested, while 183 others were detained over the past 24 hours, according to...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 28, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish court, on Saturday, ruled on arrests of 10 academics at Kocaeli University, increasing the already-high number of intellectuals taken under custody as part of an investigation into the Gulen Movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15...
Erdogan threatens to expel 10 Western ambassador over Kavala issue
Antalya police detain 72-year-old woman for protesting imprisonment of daughter with stage 4 maxillary sinus cancer
Turkish gov’t to increase prison capacity by a further 500,000 beds by 2024: deputy
Kurdish politician sentenced to 20 months in prison for spreading “terrorist propaganda”
Covid-19 patient sent to prison in a specially designed jumpsuit over Gulen links: report
Detention warrants issued for 113 people over alleged Gülen links: report
Visually impaired lawyer in prison for 275 days over Gulen links: report
Purge-victim disabled army veteran is in his 240th day of imprisonment on terror charges:
800 days ago today: Purge-victim Ankara man goes missing