Turkey Purge

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

Taner Kılıç, a lawyer and the chairman of Amnesty International Turkey’s board, were arrested by an İstanbul court on Friday as part of an investigation into Turkey’s Gülen group. According to a tweet posted by Gauri Van Gulik, deputy Europe Director at Amnesty International, Kılıç has been “charged and remanded in pre-trial detention.” Kılıç is

Under arrest for more than 8 months over coup charges, Gökçe Fırat, the leader of the National Party (UP) and a columnist for the Türk Solu weekly magazine was sentenced to 11 months and 20 days in jail for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Thursday. Fırat is accused of using intimidating expressions against Erdogan,

An İstanbul prosecutor has submitted an indictment seeking three consecutive life sentences for former İstanbul Governor Hüseyin Avni Mutlu and former Police Chief Hüseyin Çapkın over their links to the Gülen movement, which Turkish authorities accuse of being behind a failed coup last summer. According to the indictment submitted by İstanbul Public Prosecutor Emine Koçak

Co-Chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Figen Yüksekdağ has been handed down a prison sentence of one year for “publicly insulting the government of Turkey,” the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Thursday. The Adana 11th Penal Court of First Instance convicted Yüksekdağ for a speech she made during a press statement in

11 bank employees were detained in Ankara-based investigation into the Gulen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, on Thursday. Detention warrants were issued for 20 people who were earlier dismissed from their jobs at the central bank; the government-seized Bank Asya; the state-owned development and investment bank, Iller Bankasi; and

Four academics, identified as Ç.Ş, M.G.K, M.A. and M.F.S., from Erciyes University was jailed as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, on Thursday. Accused of having used ByLock, a smartphone app that Turkish authorities claim to be the top communication tool