by TurkeyPurge | Oct 12, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Twenty-five more companies in Turkey’s western province of Aydin were seized by the government as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, accused of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, on Thursday. The movement denies involvement. Trustees were...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 10, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Eight more companies in Turkey’s Kahramanmaraş province have been seized by the government as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, accused of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. The movement denies involvement. Trustees were appointed to eight...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 20, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Sixteen offices of the Association of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed Peoples (Mazlumder) in mainly Kurdish-populated cities were closed down on Sunday at an emergency meeting of the association chaired by a trustee appointed by a court following internal...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 22, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The Turkish Interior Ministry has appointed a trustee to the Başkale Municipality of eastern Van province following the dismissal of Mayor İhsan Güler of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) on Sunday, DHA reported. According to the report, District Governor...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 8, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A monument erected in a public square in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır has been removed by an order from a trustee who was recently appointed by the government to replace the democratically elected mayor of Diyarbakır’s Kayapınar district. Former Kayapınar...