by TurkeyPurge | Oct 5, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
As part of a post-July 15 coup attempt witch-hunt against the Gülen movement in the military, 540 more members of the military were temporarily suspended on Wednesday, the Cumhuriyet daily reported. According to the report 113 of the suspended personnel are from the...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 4, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Thirty-seven Interior Ministry personnel were suspended from their positions over their alleged tie to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt, on Tuesday. The latest suspensions added to the already high number of...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 4, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and taken into custody. At least 44 people were arrested, while 93 others were detained over the past 24 hours, according to...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 3, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s National Police Department announced late on Monday that it has suspended 12,000 more police officers, including many police chiefs, across 81 provinces over alleged ties to the Gülen movement. The Interior Ministry launched a new investigation to ferret out...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 2, 2016 | Int'l Reactions
The Brussels-based European Networks of Councils for the Judiciary (ENCJ) is set to hold an extraordinary general meeting during which it will discuss the suspension of the observer status of Turkey’s Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) over rule of law...
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