by TurkeyPurge | Aug 18, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A Konya businessman, identified as M.T., was rounded up by police at Konya airport, on his way back from Romania on Friday. According to state-run Anadolu news agency, M.T. has been under investigation for 13 months and an arrest warrant was earlier issued against...
by TurkeyPurge | May 20, 2017 | Today in Crackdown, Turkey’s Exiled Journalists Speak Out
Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter’s passport has been seized by Romanian police at Henri Coanda Airport upon a request from the Turkish government, according to a tweet posted by the Turkish basketball player on Saturday. Kanter said in a 45-second video that...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 3, 2017 | Anti-Gulen, Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses, Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s spying imams are proved to have been active also in Romania as an exclusive report has documented case-by-case profiling activities against perceived enemies of the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. “A memo from Turkey’s Counsellor for Religious Affairs in...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 27, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Romanian police on March 25 seized the passport of Soner Cesur, a Turkish businessman with investments in Romania upon a demand made by the Turkish government, the Global News website reported on Monday. According to the news, Cesur’s passport was seized by police at...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 8, 2016 | Anti-Gulen, Hate Crime, Human Rights Abuses
Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has gathered intelligence via imams from 38 countries on the activities of suspected followers of Gülen movement, according to Hürriyet Daily News. In its briefing to the parliamentary coup commission, Diyanet said...
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