by TurkeyPurge | Nov 14, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Ayşe Şeyma Taş, a Turkish woman who gave birth 25 days ago at a Sakarya hospital, was put in pre-trail detention with her new-born baby on Sunday over her alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, accused of masterminding a coup attempt in 2016. The movement denies...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 13, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
When a purge-victim judge couple finally got to see eachother and their daughter after almost 29 months in pre-trial detention, cameras were rolling, so were the tears… Neslihan Ekici, an expelled judge and the former secretary-general of Turkey’s top judicial...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 11, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish journalist was handed down a suspended sentence of two years, five months in prison on Thursday for insulting Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Reuters reported, citing a court ruling shown to them. Hüsnü Mahalli, a prominent journalist who also...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Ferhat Sarıkaya, a public prosecutor who was recently fired from his job by a decree by the Turkish government, was put in pre trial detention on Thursday on charges of membership in the Gülen group. Mr. Sarıkaya was disbarred by Turkey’s Board of Judges and...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Cenk Yiğiter, a Turkish academic who was expelled from Ankara University after the 2016 failed coup attempt, was taken into custody on Friday at his Ankara home on suspicion of terrorism, the Gazete Duvar news website reported. According to his lawyer, the prosecutor...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish pop singer and columnist Atilla Taş was sent back to prison on Friday as a regional appeals court upheld a local court’s ruling to imprison him for three years, one month and 15 days over Gülen links. He was writing daily columns for the Meydan daily, an...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 10, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into Elif Zahide Tohumcu, a 4-year-old Turkish girl from Turkey’s Erzurum province, over her alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, which is accused of masterminding the 2016 failed coup attempt. According...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 9, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
An İstanbul court has started an extradition proceedings for Arif Erdem, a retired Turkish international footballer of Albanian descent and the former manager of İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor, on terror and coup charges, several Turkish media outlets reported....
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by TurkeyPurge | Oct 19, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey survived a failed coup attempt against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government on July 15, 2016. An ensuring crackdown has produced thousands of victims as it has gone beyond punishing those involved, resulting in an across-the-board iron...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 13, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday promised to go after people linked to the Gülen movement, saying he will “cause them suffering.” “The extent of the material and moral damage of this treasonous gang is huge,” Erdoğan said, speaking to a...
