by TurkeyPurge | Mar 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Fethullah Gülen’s cousin Kemalettin Gülen was put behind bars as part of an order by an Istanbul court on Saturday. The cousin Gülen was given a 7.5 years of jail sentence on charges of membership to the Gulen movement and released with an overseas travel ban on March...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 3, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 16 suspects including two nephews of the US-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen were detained as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of attempting a military coup on Friday. Gülen’s relatives A.G. and R.G. were...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 5, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Detention warrants were issued for the wives of 105 military officers as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15. Police were ordered to carry out operations in 31 different provinces....
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 23, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A niece and a nephew of the Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has joined the ranks of the cleric’s other relatives who were imprisoned as part of the government’s post-coup witch hunt. H.G. and B.G. was detained in İzmir for using ByLock mobile app, which Turkish...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 2, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Sakarya police detained two more relatives of Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen on charges of alleged membership to a terrorist organization, on Saturday. Turkish government accuses the cleric of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt and it has been continuing a...