Turkey Purge

Fethullah Gülen’s nephew Şamil Gülen was detained as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt, on Thursday. 36-year-old nephew was taken into custody in Kocaeli province and taken to neighboring city of Sakarya for interrogation. Şamil is accused of being an “movement imam” for

O.G., a lawyer representing his colleague D.U. who was earlier detained for his/her alleged use of mobile app ByLock, was taken into custody over same charges. ByLock is a smartphone application that Turkish authorities claim to be the top communication tool among followers of the Gülen movement which the government accuses of masterminding the July

At least 32 teachers who were earlier dismissed from their posts were taken into custody as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt, on Friday. Kayseri police raided homes of the teachers in question who are accused of having used ByLock, a smartphone

Turkey’s top judicial body, the Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK), has dismissed 107 more judges and prosecutors over alleged ties to the Gülen movement, which is accused by the government of masterminding a failed coup attempt on July 15. The decision for the expulsion of the judges and prosecutors was made at the

Eleven Turkish nationals who were reportedly detained in Saudi Arabia on March 15 have been kept in a hotel in Madinah for weeks, waiting to be deported to Turkey, according to a letter sent to Turkeypurge.com. The letter revealed that the victims, who have links to the Gülen movement in Turkey, were detained in four

Turkish government has seized a local convenience store, called Sezer Gida in Mardin’s Kiziltepe district over its alleged links to the Gulen movement and appointed a trustee panel to take over the management. The movement stands accused of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt despite its successive denials of involvement. The trustee panel appointed

Twenty-two staff members at the Kocaeli Police Department were detained on Wednesday as part of an investigation targeting alleged followers of the Gülen movement. The Kocaeli Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office recently issued detention warrants for a total of 29 people at the Kocaeli Police Department, 22 of whom were detained on Wednesday. Turkey survived a