by TurkeyPurge | Sep 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Celal Afşar, a 86-year-old businessman who has been in pre-trial detention over his alleged ties to the Gulen movement since July, has his wife, a long-term bed patient, passed away. Media reported on Saturday that Feride Afsar died very recently. Mr Afşar was first...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 17, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Rabia Baser, the wife of the now-dismissed judge Mustafa Baser was sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison on terror charges on Wednesday. Mrs. Baser rejected the accusation that she is a member of the Gulen movement during her final hearing. However, the court in...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 9, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Wives of 13 former police officers who were earlier dismissed from their jobs over alleged ties to the Gulen movement were detained Thursday. State-run Anadolu news agency said police carried out operations in 9 provinces and detained 13 women as part of an...
by TurkeyPurge | Jan 15, 2018 | Today in Crackdown, Torture
A Turkish man, jailed over alleged links to the Gulen movement, was reportedly tortured under custody while police threatened to rape his wife during the holy month of Ramadan. According to Odatv columnist Muyesser Yildiz on Sunday, the man reported to be hailin from...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 20, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Rana Ozturk, a mother of three children and the wife of Engin Ozturk who has been under arrest for 15 months over alleged ties to the Gulen movement, suffered a heart attack, media reported on Nov 18. Engin, a former employee of the now-defunct International Antalya...
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