by TurkeyPurge | Oct 26, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Warrants were issued to detain 121 former public workers who were earlier removed from their jobs at the Foreign Ministry over alleged ties to the Gülen movement, on Thursday. Police in 30 provinces carried out operations as part of an Ankara-based operation to detain...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 14, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 4,521 judges and prosecutors were dismissed from their jobs over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK). Speaking to state broadcaster TRT on Thursday, HSK’s inspection committee head...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 22, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
As part of a post-coup-attempt purge, the Turkish government has dismissed a total of 9977people from state institutions, and suspended another 5434 with new state of emergency decrees issued on Tuesday. According to the two new decrees, numbered 677 and 678, a total...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 13, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A total of 109 judges have been expelled from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) on the grounds that they have links to the faith-based Gülen movement, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a coup attempt in July. Previously, 79 military judges and...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 30, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Taking a nap on a piece of worn-out construction plank, the 3.5-year-old-son of a Turkey’s one of the purge-hit schoolteachers has become a powerful symbol of the oppression that engulfed the country following the coup. The teacher known by the initials M.A. is among...
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Turkish mob boss: Erdogan gov’t asked me to murder American pastor Andrew Brunson
Turkey jails mother of imprisoned military cadet
Turkish President calls on parliament to pass laws banning social media platforms
Purge-victim Turkish professor dies of cancer at 54
9 international human rights groups call on Turkish gov’t to release political prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
U.S. House Committee Chair calls on Turkish President Erdogan to release purge-victim prisoners in face of COVID-19 outbreak
Counter-terrorism units raid house of Adana family over “financial aid” to purge-victim families