by TurkeyPurge | Jul 26, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A group of activists in South African city of Pretoria was reportedly attacked outside the newly-opened Turkish embassy while they were protesting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of his visit to the mission. Security personnel emerged from the Turkish embassy and...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 9, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Eleven people who worked at Ankara’s Gazi University until they were dismissed over links to the Gulen movement was detained on Thursday. Detention warrants were issued for 17 former staffers of Gazi University while police rounded up 11 of them at the time of this...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 27, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Detention warrants were issued for 171 academics and former personnel of the now-defunct Fatih University on Wednesday. State-run Anadolu news agency reported that warrants were issued for people who used to work for Fatih University and that police carried out...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 26, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Scholars, academic staff and students across the globe continue to face threats while Turkey has been singled out as the home to the highest number of reported attacks, according to a recent report. In its Tuesday report, titled Free to Think 2017, SAR documented 257...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 11, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish police teams on Tuesday detained 52 people working as informatics staff members in a number of big companies on the grounds that they are linked to the Gülen movement. As part of the operation, prosecutors issued detention warrants for a total of 105 people...
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