by TurkeyPurge | Apr 19, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Akdeniz University’s former rector İsrafil Kurtcephe was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison on accusation of membership to the Gulen movement. Kurtcephe was convicted of terror charges during his final hearing on Friday. Among the evidences for the...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Islamic University of Rotterdam’s rector Ahmet Akgunduz has said it is allowed to slaughter members of the Gulen movement due to “their revolt against the Turkish government” on during the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. Speaking to the Islamist Akit...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 25, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Renowned Turkish academic and political scientist Prof. Dr. Sedat Laçiner, held under pre-trial trial detention since July 23, 2016, has been sentenced to 9 years and 4 months in prison. A Turkish court convicted, on Tuesday, the former rector of the Canakkale Onsekiz...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 21, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Mahmut Dursun Mat, a professor of mechanical engineering and the last rector of the now-defunct Meliksah University, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Mat was sentenced on charges of membership in a terrorist organization. The sentence was handed down during...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 27, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Sait Çelik, a chemistry professor and the former rector of Turkey,s Usak University was sentenced to 7 years plus 11 months in jail. Under arrest over his alleged ties to the Gülen movement since Dec 31, 2016, Çelik was jailed on charges of membership to a terrorist...