by TurkeyPurge | Nov 1, 2017 | 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 3158 people were detained, with 1127 of them put in pre-trial detention in operations targeting...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 5, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s top judicial body, the Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK), has dismissed 66 more judges and prosecutors over alleged ties to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization, a term the government uses to describe the Gülen movement. The official Anadolu...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 3, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
The co-mayors of the Karakoçan district of Elazığ province in eastern Turkey, both of whom are from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), were arrested on corruption charges on Sunday. Karakoçan Co-mayors Cennet Ayık and Burhan Kocaman were among 13 people...