by TurkeyPurge | Jul 11, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Emine Cetik and Aykut Kutlu, a soon-to-be-married couple who was detained over links to the Gulen movement in bridal car the other day, was put in pre-trial arrest. Set to be officially married in just hours, the couple was stopped by police in a bridal car and...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 9, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Emine Cetik and Aykut Kutlu, a soon-to-be-married couple, were stopped by police in a bridal car and detained over links to the Gulen movement while they were on their way to the wedding venue in Usak. Set to be officially married in just hours, the couple hit the...
by TurkeyPurge | May 2, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Under arrest for nearly two months, Yeni Asya daily editor Nur Ener got married in Bakirkoy prison after a 10-minute ceremony with no attendance from family members of both fiance and herself, on Apr 27. Ener was arrested over her alleged use of ByLock, a smartphone...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 29, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s popular TV wedding programs were banned as a result of a government decree issued under post-coup emergency rules on Saturday. “In radio and television broadcasting services, such programs in which people are introduced to find a friend. … cannot...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 11, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Under arrest for 103 days as part of a post-coup investigation into the Gülen movement, E.D. was released only after he proved that the $1 bill police founded at his office and seized as an evidence had been given during his son’s circumcision ceremony. According to...
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