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...