by TurkeyPurge | Mar 17, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Rabia Baser, the wife of the now-dismissed judge Mustafa Baser was sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison on terror charges on Wednesday. Mrs. Baser rejected the accusation that she is a member of the Gulen movement during her final hearing. However, the court in...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 30, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An indictment prepared by an İstanbul prosecutor seeks forty years jail term for Samanyolu Broadcasting Group General Manager Hidayet Karaca on charges of membership in an organization that conspired against a Turkey-based radical Islamist group called “Taşhiyeciler.”...
by TurkeyPurge | May 4, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A number of TV and radio stations that were closed down by the government in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt on July 15 due to their links to the faith-based Gülen movement have been sold to the pro-government Turkuvaz Media Group without a tender, the...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 25, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Judges Metin Ozcelik and Mustafa Baser who, in Apr 2015, unsuccessfully ruled to release Hidayet Karaca, the head of the now-closed opposition broadcaster Samanyolu TV, were sentenced to 10 years in jail each on accusation that they had abused their judicial power, on...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 9, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
An Education Ministry bureaucrat has suggested that the government might consider removing “Milky Way” phrase from textbooks in order to avoid resemblance with the names of the schools linked to the Gülen movement, which Turkey accuses of masterminding the July 15...
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
3 more opposition deputies stripped of parliamentary status in Turkey: report
Turkish woman says she was tortured with acid in police custody: report
First inmate dies from COVID-19 complications at İstanbul’s Silivri Prison: report