by TurkeyPurge | Feb 19, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
An Ankara court sentenced Hosta Piknik doner chain’s owner Verdal Hosta to 10 years in prison on charges of membership to the Gulen movement. Under pretrial arrest since January 2017, Hosta was given 10 years of jail time, state-run Anadolu news agency reported Feb...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 13, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish police detained prominent Turkish businessman Verdal Hosta as part of an ongoing investigation on the alleged followers of the Gülen movement, Habertürk daily reported on Friday. Hosta, the general manager of the Hosta Piknik restaurant chain is reportedly...