Turkey Purge

An indictment prepared by an İstanbul prosecutor seeks forty years jail term for Samanyolu Broadcasting Group General Manager Hidayet Karaca on charges of membership in an organization that conspired against a Turkey-based radical Islamist group called “Taşhiyeciler.” Accordign to Turkish media, the same indictment also seeks 33-year sentence for former police intelligence chiefs Ali Fuat […]

A Turkish man resident in Germany was detained at the Turkish border due to his social media posts allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Deutsche Welle reported on Friday. A 45-year-old Turkish expatriate in Germany, Kadim D. was going to his hometown of Sivas for vacation. However, when he was entering Turkey by car at

A Turkish prosecutor has issued detention warrants for 38 former Customs and Trade Ministry staff members over the use of a smart phone application known as ByLock. The detention warrants were issued as part of an investigation in nine provinces into Turkey’s Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of having masterminded a

The Turkish Parliament has stripped two more pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies of their parliamentary status due to their “absence” from the parliament. HDP’s Van deputy Tuğba Hezer Öztürk and Şırnak deputy Faysal Sarıyıldız were removed in a vote on Thursday. The parliamentary status of HDP Co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ was removed in February after the Supreme

An Istanbul psychologist, identified as E.E., was sentenced to 10 years and 6 months in prison on accusation of membership to a terrorist organization on Thursday. The reason for the conviction, Istanbul 29. Heavy Penal Court said, E.E.’s alleged use of ByLock, a controversial mobile app that Turkish authorities claim to be the top communication

Under pre-trial arrest since Apr 1, 2017, M.C., a factory worker from Kayseri was sentenced to 6 years plus 3 months in prison on accusation of membership to a terrorist organization on Thursday. The reason for the conviction, Kayseri 4. Heavy Penal Court said, M.C.’s use of ByLock, a controversial mobile app that Turkish authorities