Turkey Purge

Education minister says 33,000 teachers dismissed from jobs over coup links so far

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Turkey’s Education Minister İsmet Yılmaz said nearly 33,000 teachers have been dismissed from their jobs as a result of anti-coup investigations so far. “Turkey has never experienced such a period. Due to and as a result of this coup, nearly 33,000 teachers were discharged. We also completed disciplinary proceeding for some [another] 14,000 teachers who […]

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UN asks Turkey to compensate businessman arrested in post-coup crackdown

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The United Nations’ Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has called on Turkish government to compensate a businessman who spent some 3 months in prison over his alleged links to the Gulen movement. WGAD works under UN Human Rights Council. Accused of financial support to the movement, the 57-year-old businessman Rebii Metin Görgeç was detained

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Court rejects requests for release of Altan brothers, Ilıcak

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An İstanbul court on Friday ruled for a continuation of the pretrial detention of media members including Ahmet Altan, Mehmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak, who are being held as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding a failed coup on July 15, Cumhuriyet reported. The İstanbul 26th High

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ECtHR fines Turkey for violating Alevis’ freedom of faith

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Turkey has been ordered to pay 54,400 euros in damages by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to the Cem Foundation for violating its Alevi citizens’ freedom of faith and discriminating against cemevis, Alevi worship houses, the Diken news website reported on Thursday. According to the report, the Cem Foundation demanded payment for the

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Forced disappearances become daily occurrence in Turkey as another post-coup victim abducted in daylight

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Murat Okumus, a 40-year-old accountant who was a manager at the government-closed Sifa University Hospital in Izmir, was abducted, marking second forced disappearance in a week. “MY SON WAS ABDUCTED! I have failed to get a satisfactory answer from the institutions I talked the issue with. I want to make my voice heard and address

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Ruling AK Party member threatens main opposition leader with death

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Emrullah Kavuz, a local member of the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AK Party) has threatened, along with a group of men, the main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu. In a video clip widely shared on social media on June 21, Kavuz addresses to Kilicdaroglu for his role in the recently organized

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21 including housewives detained over ByLock mobile app

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At least 21 people were detained as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement followers in Zonguldak, on Wednesday. Police carried out operations to detain the suspects in Kozlu, Kilimli and Ereğli districts. Detainees included 10 females, among them several housewives and university students. The prosecutor overseeing the investigation accuses the suspects of having used ByLock,

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Former AK Party deputy under custody in post-coup probe

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Former deputy of the ruling AK Party Sukru Onder has been detained as part of an investigation into the Gulen Movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt. Police detained Onder in Yalova, on Thursday. Şahin served as AK Party deputy between 2002 and 2007. The prosecutor overseeing the investigation accuses

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