by TurkeyPurge | Aug 15, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Mustafa Destici, chairman of Turkish government ally the Grand Unity Party (BBP), has said people who are pleased with the Turkish lira’s fall against the US dollar and who are promoting a loss of faith in the lira among the public should be stripped of their Turkish...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 13, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish President and Chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday called for a heightened witch-hunt against people in his party linked to the Gülen movement. “We will not harbor people linked to FETÖ [a derogatory term...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 26, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for a total of 4,900 people in the police force due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, with 1,009 of them having been taken into custody so far. According to a statement from Turkish Interior Minister...
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Dementia-suffering Kurdish politician released from prison
The head of Turkey’s doctors’ union sent to prison on terror accusations
Turkish police detain 543 people in 59 provinces over alleged Gülen links
Son of purge-victim judge jumps to his death from İstanbul’s Galata Tower
Constitutional court rejects jailed Kurdish youngster’s appeal for release
This Kurdish youngster in 6th year in Silivri prison on coup charges
14 more military cadets set free after 6 years in prison
Turkish gov’t seeks extradition of critical journalist Cevheri Güven
Purge-victim police officer dies after accident at a mining site in Gebze