by TurkeyPurge | Feb 8, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A teacher couple, identified as Serdar A. and Merve A., were detained after Turkish authorities found out that they had spoken against the government’s post-coup crackdown during an interview by the Finland’s state broadcaster YLE, according to Haberturk...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 12, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Detention warrants were issued for a total of 70 teachers as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement, on Friday. Police carried out operations to detain 70 teachers upon the warrants issued by an Ankara prosecutor. The suspected teachers used to work for the...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 11, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Twenty-five teachers were detained in Samsun province on Thursday over links to the Gülen group, İHA reported. According to the report, two of the 25 were still teaching, while the rest had previously been dismissed as part of an investigation targeting the Gülen...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 22, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Detention warrants were issued for 44 teachers who used to work for the schools that the government shuttered over links to the Gulen movement, on Friday. Ankara Public Prosecutor’s office issued the warrants, state-run Anadolu news agency said. The teachers are...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 26, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Education Ministry closed down four private schools as part of an administrative investigation into what it calls Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETO). According to state-run Anadolu news agency on Thursday, Bahar Primary School and Bahar Secondary...