by TurkeyPurge | Jun 19, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An İstanbul court has ruled for the arrest of 31 more lawyers as part of an investigation into Turkey’s Gülen group, the pro-gov’t Karar daily reported on Monday. Last week, the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued detention warrants for 78 lawyers over...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 19, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
17 suspects, including Turkey’s renowned journalists Nazlı Ilıcak, Ahmet Altan and Mehmet Altan, are ready to appear before an Istanbul court on June 19 for the first time in an investigation into Turkey’s Gülen group, which the Turkish government accuses...
by TurkeyPurge | May 21, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An Ankara prosecutor issued detention warrants for Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, two educators who have been on hunger strike for more than seventy days in order to protest their dismissals under post-coup emergency rules. Gülmen was fired from Konya Selçuk...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 13, 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 1358 people were detained, with 381 of them put under arrest, in operations targeting the Gülen...