by TurkeyPurge | Oct 30, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
At least 759 people were detained as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement over the past week. In a written statement on Monday, the Interior Ministry said 759 people were rounded up in operations targeting the Gülen movement in between Oct 23 to 30....
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 26, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A 30-year-old hotel receptionist in Turkey’s resort district of Bodrum, identified only by his initials Ö.C.K, was detained for wearing a “hero” T-shirt on Thursday. Police rounded up Ö.C.K and cuffed his behind back before escorting him to the Bodrum police station....
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 23, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 10 people were detained near Turkey’s maritime border with Greece with most of them escaping from the government’s post-coup crackdown, Dogan news agency reported on Monday. Coast guard in Mugla stopped a speedboat off the shores of the resort town...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 20, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Muhammed Eray Özkul, the 12-year-old son of the Zonguldak-based former police officer Ender Özkul, has been diagnosed with cancer after his father was jailed in Turkish government’s post-coup dragnet. The father worked as a police officer for 15 years until he was...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 11, 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 206 people were arrested, while 30 others were detained over the past 24 hours, according to...