by TurkeyPurge | Sep 4, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 12 teachers were taken into custody as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement in Turkey’s several cities. Media said Tuesday that an Antalya prosecutor issued warrants for 15 people over their alleged ties to the movement. 12 of the suspects, who...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 9, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
At least 12 teachers were taken into custody as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement in Turkey’s capital, Ankara. Media said Thursday that an Ankara prosecutor issued warrants for 12 teachers who used to work at a school which has been closed over...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 11, 2018 | Human Tragedies, Today in Crackdown
A Turkish man, claimed to be a teacher with an outstanding arrest warrant over his links to the Gulen movement, has died during his long overdue treatment at hospital while his wife has been reportedly detained at the funeral. Several social media accounts claimed...
by TurkeyPurge | May 12, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Meral Danış Beştaş has said his brother Ramazan Danış, a medical professor, was dismissed from his job only because of his family ties. “I wouldn’t want to reveal this but I had to because this period is coming to an...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 4, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Two women were detained by police while they were protesting torture and maltreatment against their relatives in prison, in Istanbul’s Taksim square. Evrensel daily said C.T. and S.A., two Association of Families of Convicts and Detainees (TAYAD) members, were...