Turkey Purge

A report released by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on the impact of an ongoing state of emergency in Turkey has revealed that a total of 111,240 people have been dismissed from their jobs, while 32,080 others have been suspended since a coup attempt last year. The report, released on the first anniversary […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan offered to exchange German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel, imprisoned in Turkey on terror charges, for two Turkish generals who fled to Germany after a 2016 failed coup attempt, German Bild daily reported on Thursday. Citing diplomatic sources, the daily said Germany rejected Erdoğan’s offer. “Obviously, we could not accept such a deal,”

A court has appointed Uşak Governor Salim Demir as trustee for 29 companies that were transferred to the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) due to their owners’ alleged links to the Gülen movement, which is accused by Turkish authorities of being behind a failed coup in 2016. According to a Tuesday story on the T24 website, Demir

Five pilots who bombed the Akincilar Air Base in Ankara to halt the coup attempt on the night of July 15, 2016, were later arrested as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the takeover attempt, a former military officer said. Ahmet Zeki Ucok, a retired military prosecutor

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said on Monday that Justice Ministry officials are working to design a special uniform for suspects who are allegedly linked with Turkey’s Gülen group and accused of attempting to stage a coup in July 2016 to wear during court hearings. Speaking to reporters following a Cabinet meeting on Monday,

An arrest warrant has been issued for Diyarbakır Co-mayor Fırat Anlı, who was released from jail last week, after being arrested on terror charges last October. The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office filed an objection to the decision of the Diyarbakır 8th High Criminal Court to release Anlı and petitioned the Diyarbakır 9th High Criminal

Amnesty International Turkey Director İdil Eser was kept in solitary confinement for 24 hours and denied access to medication within this period, according to a tweet posted by Gauri Van Gulik, deputy Europe Director at Amnesty International. Gulik also said that Eser was allowed to see her lawyer only one hour in a week. An

37-year-old goalkeeper of Kastamonuspor 1966 football club was put in-trial arrest over his alleged used of ByLock mobile app on Monday. Oğuzhan Bahadır was among 6 people who were earlier detained for ByLock use. The court overseeing their case in Kastamonu province arrested Bahadır along with three of them with the remaining released either on

O.K., a teacher who was previously purged from his job by a government decree after a failed coup in 2016, was detained when he visited a state of emergency bureau to object to his dismissal on Tuesday. According to the state-run Anadolu news agency, O.K. was detained as part of an investigation into Gülen movement