by TurkeyPurge | Aug 17, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish police have detained 20 people in a Konya-based probe on accusations that they use a smart phone application known as ByLock, the Cumhuriyet daily reported on Thursday. According to the report, arrest warrants were issued for 38 people in seven provinces as...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 17, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Nine Turkish journalists detained for using ByLock last week, have officialy been arrested and sent to prison while two others were released pending trial, P24 news portal reported on Thırsday. The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Aug. 10 issued detention...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 17, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The Ankara Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 70 Finance Ministry staff members over the use of a smart phone application known as ByLock, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Thursday. The suspects were previously dismissed...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 17, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A Samsun court put ten Beşiktaş sports club fans in pre-trial detention for holding banners that read “Nuriye Semih Shall Live” in support of two jailed educators who are on the 162nd day of a hunger strike, Turkish media reported on Thursday. According to the...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 17, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Deniz Akbulut, the lawyer for noncommissioned officer Gökhan Güçlü, one of the suspects on trial for an assassination attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the night of a failed coup last year, was detained as he was leaving the Muğla Courthouse after a...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 16, 2017 | Int'l Reactions
Aseem Trivedi, a free speech activist and cartoonist has drawn cartoons of 15 mothers and their newly born babies, who have been detained or arrested by the Turkish government on coup charges either when they are pregnant or shortly after giving birth. Triverdi...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 16, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
An İstanbul prosecutor has referred 11 journalists who were detained on Aug. 10 as part of an investigation targeting people over the use of a smart phone application known as ByLock to court for arrest, accusing them of terrorist organization membership, Hürriyet...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 16, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A 58-year-old prospective Hajj pilgrim was reportedly detained on coup charges at İzmir’s Adnan Menderes Airport on Thursday night. According to a Twitter account named Kaç Saat Oldu? a woman identified as Hanife Işılak was taken into custody while she was waiting to...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 16, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
13 journalists, including Turkish pop singer and columnist for now-closed Meydan daily Atilla Taş, are ready to appear before an Istanbul court on August 16 for taking part in or supporting a coup attempt in Turkey last year. The suspects were initially acquitted...
by TurkeyPurge | Aug 16, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Police have detained a total of twenty seven Turkish soldiers in six provinces as part of an investigation into the Gülen group, which Turkish authorities blame for a failed coup last year. According to the Posta daily, a Kocaeli court issued detention warrants for 32...
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