by TurkeyPurge | Dec 6, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Sadiye Eser and Sadık Topaloğlu, two reporters for the Mezopotamya news agency, have been arrested on terrorism charges, the agency reported. The journalists were detained on Nov. 29 shortly after they left their office in the Beyoğlu district of İstanbul. They were...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 5, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Alparslan Kuytul, president of the Furkan Foundation and leader of a religious group critical of the Turkish government, was released pending trial on Thursday after spending 22 months in pre-trial detention Kuytul is still facing a 20-year prison sentence on...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 4, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Bosnian police reportedly detained a Turkish citizen over his alleged membership in the Gülen movement, the Bold Medya news website reported. Fatih Keskin, a Turkish educator and the principal of Una-Sana College, an institute operating within the Gülen-affiliated...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 3, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Selahattin Demirtaş, an imprisoned Kurdish politician, temporarily lost consciousness on Nov. 26 after experiencing pain in his chest and trouble breathing but was not referred to specialists for further examination after receiving basic emergency treatment, his...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 27, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
A Turkish court has arrested three district mayors in the country’s Southeast who were previously removed from office by the Interior Ministry, the Turkish media reported. Savur district Co-mayor Gülistan Öncü, Mazıdağı district Co-mayor Nalan Özaydın and Derik...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 27, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said at a gendarmerie command meeting on Wednesday that at least 500 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants are still in Turkey, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. “We will make all preparations and use all our...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 25, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish police fired tear gas and plastic bullets to disperse hundreds of women who gathered in İstanbul’s famed Taksim neighborhood to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. According to tje Turkish media, police also blocked the...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 22, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Kemal Gökçe, a purge-victim Turkish teacher, has claimed that he is not allowed to inherit family property because he was dismissed from his job with a gov’t decree issued after the coup attempt in July 2016, the Ahval news portal reported. Gökçe wrote a letter...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 22, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Fatih Altınay, a Turkish businessman and patent owner of Turkey’s famed Topuz Kebab, has been sentenced to 9 years and 6 months in prison over alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, the Turkeypurge.com has learned. During the 8th hearing of the trial on...
by TurkeyPurge | Nov 20, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Ahmet Ataç, an eight-year-old kid with stage four bone cancer, has reportedly been denied a passport by Turkish authorities due to the his father’s ongoing imprisonment over alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group. The group is accused by the government of...
Turkey jails 2 more Kurdish journalists on terror charges: report
Erdogan-critic Turkish cleric set free after 22 months in pre-trial detention
Another Gülenist teacher at risk of deportation from Bosnia: report
Kurdish politician denied medical care for a week despite loss of consciousness
Turkey sends 3 more Kurdish mayors to prison on terror charges: report
At least “500 terrorists” still in Turkey, says Turkish interior minister: report
Purge-victim man denied inheritance over suspected links to Turkey’s Gülen group
Patent owner of Turkey’s famed Topuz Kebab gets 10 years in prison on coup charges: report
8-year-old cancer patient denied passport due to father’s alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group