by TurkeyPurge | Jul 26, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Meryem Senturk, a Zonguldak woman and a mother of six, was arrested after police failed to locate his husband who has been under investigation over his alleged links to the Gulen movement, on July 19. According to Aktifhaber news portal, Senturk was detained and put...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 26, 2017 | Human Tragedies
A primary school teacher with at least 6 years of experience in education, Fecri Aydin was dismissed from his job under a post-coup emergency decree before establishing a bakery shop to earn his living. According to pro-Kurdish Dihaber, Aydin was sacked from his job...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 26, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Put in pre-trial arrest after he was dismissed from his job, Mugla-based police officer, identified as A., was not allowed to attend his son’s funeral, according to a recent tip submitted to magduriyet.com. Magduriyetler.com is an online blog page that publishes tips...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 26, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Muhammed B., the former manager of an Alanya-based student dormitory that the government earlier shuttered over its links to the Gulen movement, was detained at a private hospital where he stopped by for treatment, media reported on Tuesday. Muhammed B. had had an...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 26, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
At least 275 people were detained over their alleged links to the Gulen movement, according to Turkish media. Turkish government accuses the movement of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt while the latter denies involvement. In Hatay, 33 people including the...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 25, 2017 | Human Tragedies
Ayşe Kaya, 30-year-old woman who gave birth to a baby at Eslife Private Hospital in İstanbul’s Esenyurt district early on Tuesday, was reportedly detained by police with her newborn baby later the same day as part of an investigation into Turkey’s Gülen group....
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 25, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An indictment prepared by a Van prosecutor is seeking a jail sentence of up to 10 years for pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ for “disseminating terrorist propaganda” during a public rally in April 2016. Yüksekdağ were put behind...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 25, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A prosecutor has drafted an indictment seeking up to 15 years in prison for 21 former state-run Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) staff members due to alleged Gülen links. The indictment, which was accepted by Ankara 23rd High Criminal Court, is seeking...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 25, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for a total of 81 people educators who used to work for now-closed Gülen affiliated private and prep-schools in 13 different provinces, TR724 news portal reported. Among the individuals for whom detention warrants...
by TurkeyPurge | Jul 25, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A military officer who has been kept under pre-trial detention for one year due to his alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group has talked about how inmates are suffering from health problems in an overcrowded prison and how he has lost faith in the judicial...
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