Turkey Purge

Report: Turkish soldiers abroad ordered to spy on dismissed colleagues

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A written instruction from Turkish General Staff asks Turkey’s military officials deployed abroad to spy on their former colleagues who were dismissed as part of post-coup crackdown, according to German media. The request, dated June 9, 2017, addresses all Turkish military attachments and embassies abroad as well as Turkish contingents at NATO bases and other […]

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EU parliament votes to halt accession talks with Turkey over Erdogan’s increasing power

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A resolution calling for the freezing of European Union membership negotiations with Turkey if Ankara implements a constitutional overhaul, backed by a referendum in April, was adopted by a large majority of the vote in the European Parliament (EP) on Thursday. The resolution, proposed by Turkey rapporteur for the EP Kati Piri and passed by

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26 detained during protest in solidarity with educators on hunger strike

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At least 26 people were detained after police intervened into a group, gathered to read a press statement in solidarity with Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, two educators who started hunger strike after being dismissed in the aftermath of the July 15 coup, 2016 attempt. Police intervened into the protesters who gathered in Ankara’s Sakarya Street

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Report: 700 out of 950 Turkish military officers abroad purged after failed coup

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More than 700 out of 950 Turkish military officers serving at NATO and in Turkish diplomatic missions around the world are estimated to have been purged as part of a government crackdown on dissent launched after a failed coup attempt last summer, BBC reported on Thursday. According to a BBC interview with two high-ranking members of the

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[VIDEO] Opposition leader says detention of women, newborn babies not acceptable

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Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said that detention of women on coup charges shortly after giving birth is unacceptable, and called on Turkish authorities to stop “acting out of vengeance” in post-coup operations. Speaking during a live show on HaberTürk TV on Monday, Kılıçdaroğlu said drew attention to the human tragedies caused

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9 human rights advocates including AI Turkey director under detention

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Police detained nine human rights advocates including Amnesty International Turkey Director İdil Eser at a hotel on Büyükada, one of Istanbul’s nine islands in the Sea of Marmara. The Cumhuriyet daily reported on Wednesday that police, acting on an anonymous tip, raided the hotel and detained Nalan Erkem and Özlem Dalkıran from the Allegiance Association,

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Interpol removes Turkey from database due to “an issue of trust”

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Interpol has removed Turkey from its database after the Turkish government uploaded a list of at least 60,000 individuals sought over suspected links to the Gülen group, which Turkey accuses of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. According to pro-gov’t Yeni Şafak daily, the decision to suspend Turkey’s access to Interpol database came

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