by TurkeyPurge | Aug 16, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Police have detained a total of twenty seven Turkish soldiers in six provinces as part of an investigation into the Gülen group, which Turkish authorities blame for a failed coup last year. According to the Posta daily, a Kocaeli court issued detention warrants for 32...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 6, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected the petitions of 70,071 people who were purged from state institutions by means of decrees issued under an ongoing state of emergency in the country on the grounds that domestic judicial remedies have not yet been exhausted....
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 22, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Mustafa Babayiğit, a Turkish judge who reportedly suffers from thyroid cancer, has been sent to jail by a Kocaeli court, while his wife, Songül Babayiğit who is also a judge, has been held in custody in Tokat. The judge couple is accused of having links to Turkey’s...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 1, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The Diyarbakır Public Prosecutor’s Office has filed a motion against pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) Diyarbakır deputy Ziya Pir, demanding his immunity from prosecution be removed for sitting in front of HDP headquarters in the city. According to...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 30, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Thirty people, including dismissed policemen, military officers, clerks and Hatay Metropolitan Municipality staff, have been detained for their use of a smart phone application called ByLock, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Thursday. The suspects, who...
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