by TurkeyPurge | May 13, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Detention warrants were issued for 64 former police officers who were dismissed from their jobs as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement. Media reported Monday that 46 of the suspects were detained during simultaneous police operations in Antalya, Çorum,...
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by TurkeyPurge | Apr 19, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish police on Friday forcibly removed the mothers of inmates on a hunger strike after they attempted to hold a sit-in in front of Gebze Prison in Kocaeli province to raise awareness about their sons’ situations. Video footage showing a police officer pushing the...
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by TurkeyPurge | Apr 18, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
8 women were detained over their alleged ties to the Gulen movement in Turkey’s Aksaray, media reported Thursday. Detention warrants were issued for 15 women on accusation of being secretive leaders of the followers of the Gulen movement within police academy. 8...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 13, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
A farmer who was publicly scolded by then-Prime Minister and current President Recep Erdoğan in the southern province of Mersin because he complained about the government’s agricultural policies has said he is put under close police scrutiny whenever Erdoğan comes to...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 21, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 4 people were detained during a police raid at an apartment in Edirne, Turkey’s border province with Greece, on Nov 20. State-run Anadolu news agency said Edirne police acted on the information that the detainees were set to leave for Greece with illegal...
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