by TurkeyPurge | Oct 1, 2016 | 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 146 people were arrested, while 233 others were detained over the past 24 hours, according to...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 18, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Opposition newspaper Sözcü’s Ankara bureau chief Saygı Öztürk has uncover the main actors in Turkey’s recent cleansing of dissenting voices from within state institutions, particularly of sympathizers of the Gülen Movement. In his Sunday column, Öztürk said presidents...
by TurkeyPurge | Sep 18, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Six out of the 36 public employees who were recently detained in Alanya district of Antalya province in southern Turkey as part of an ongoing witch-hunt against the Gülen movement, were arrested on Sunday. Police detained 36 people who work at various public...
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