Turkey Purge

Nearly 200 judge trainees who were recruited after a failed coup attempt in Turkey last summer have been purged by the latest government decree, a main opposition deputy said on Sunday. According to the Gerçek Gündem website, main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Barış Yarkadaş said on Sunday that the ruling Justice and […]

Ayşenur Parıldak, a former reporter from the now-closed Zaman daily, was released early on Tuesday but was re-arrested by the same court hours before leaving prison upon a prosecutor objected to the initial ruling. During a hearing at the Ankara 14th High Criminal Court on Tuesday, the court ruled to release Parıldak pending trial considering

A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and taken into custody. At least 2125 people were detained, with 580 of them put under arrest, in operations targeting the Gülen movement and Turkey’s Kurdish minority throughout April, according to data compiled

At least 16 people were detained over terror charges in Istanbul in the early hours of Monday, May 1. The operation mostly targets the members of the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) and the Federation of Socialist Youth Associations (SGDF), according to ETHA news agency. ETHA said its reporter Meşale Tolu is also among the detainees.

Doğan news agency has dismissed its reporter Kadir Çetinçalı who defended Hakan Şükür during a general assembly meeting to expel former star along with hundreds of others from the club. A total of 2,750 members were expelled from Galatasaray football club over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July

Turkish police teams on Monday detained 16 academics from the Diyarbakır-based Dicle University who were sacked from their jobs under a government decree issued on Saturday. The academics, most of whom are professors, were detained following police raids on their homes and offices. Some of the detained academics were reportedly among the signatories of a

At least 165 individuals were detained during the celebrations held on Sunday across Turkey to mark May Day, according to the İstanbul Security General Directorate. A similar statement by the İstanbul Governor’s Office said that riot police detained at least 207 people during the celebrations throughout Sunday. Celebrations were held across Turkey to mark May Day under strict