by TurkeyPurge | Jun 15, 2022 | Today in Crackdown
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for a total of 98 people, including former and active duty military officers as well as academics, according to the Turkish media. The warrants were issued as part of three separate...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 22, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish family — mother, father and their 2-year-old daughter— has been incarcerated since February 2021 over their alleged links to ties to Turkey’s Gülen group, accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup in 2016. The group denies any...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 6, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
At least fourteen university students have been held in police custody İn Ankara since June 1 over their alleged links to Turkey’s Gulen group, accused by the Turkish governments of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. The group denies any involvement....
by TurkeyPurge | May 15, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s interior ministry announced on Friday that 4 mayors from the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) were removed from their posts on “terror-related charges.” The ousted HDP mayors are as follows: Siirt Mayor Berivan Helen Işık, Iğdır Mayor Yaşar...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 10, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Four purge-victims who turned up in police custody after being missing since February 2019 have been sent to prison on terror charges after spending twelve days in police custody, the DW Türkçe reported. Families of the arrestees told the news agency that the lawyers...
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