Turkey Purge

21-year-old university student Tuğçe Ölçer died after jumping off a balcony as she was depressed in the face of her father’s imprisonment, according to media. A fourth-grade at the Istanbul-based Bogazici University’s Faculty of Education, Ölçer jumped to her death from her family house’s balcony in Buca, Izmir on Saturday. Local media reported that Ölçer […]

Taci Şentürk, a Turkish teacher who was working in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku, was taken by police to an unknown place after UN officials stopped his deportation to Turkey at Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport on June 7, his wife said. In a video shared on social media, Fatma Şentürk said her husband was

Ten people, including three members of the Turkish Communist Party (TKP), were sentenced to 11 months, 20 days in prison for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Cumhuriyet reported on Saturday. According to the report, 10 people were accused of insulting Erdoğan in a press statement in the Salihli district of Manisa province following a

A high criminal court in the southern province of Adana has applied to Turkey’s Justice Ministry demanding the revocation of the Turkish citizenship of journalist Bilal Öğütçü over terror charges on Saturday. The Adana representative of the Zaman newspaper and the Cihan news agency until they were shut down by the government in the aftermath

Five more companies belonging to the Mugla-based Cobanlar Group has been seized by the government over alleged links to the Gülen movement, accused of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. The movement denies any involvement. Trustees were appointed to Cobanlar’s 3 companies on June 4 and to the same group’s 2 other companies on

Dismissed from his position as a civil servant at a state-run hospital, 48-year-old A.I.P. was sentenced to 6 years, 6 months and 22 days in prison. Under arrest for 10 months over his alleged ties to the Gulen movement, A.I.P was given jail term on accusation of membership to a terrorist organization. Turkish government accuses

French photojournalist Mathias Depardon, who was detained on May 8 in Turkey, deported from in a plane from İstanbul’s Atatürk Airport to France after his release on Friday. French photojournalist Mathias Depardon, who was detained on May 8 in Turkey, will be deported on Friday, Christophe Deloire, secretary-general of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), announced on

While posing with a gun during an interview, the leader of an armed pro-government group said the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government supports its followers owning guns, especially after a failed coup in July 2016. In a video recording of an interview by Ahsen TV reporter Bülent Yapraklıoğlu, known for his staunch support