by TurkeyPurge | Feb 3, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish citizen working for the US Consulate in Istanbul, identified as N.M.C., was put under de facto house arrest, according to Al-Monitor on Thursday. N.M.C. was interrogated for four hours and asked to remain in his house until a further notice, sources told...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 5, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A staff member in US consulate in Istanbul, known as M.T., was arrested on charges of military and political espionage against Turkish government, on Monday. M.T., a communications officer at the consulate was taken into custody on Sunday and put in pretrial detention...