Turkey Purge

At least 5 people were detained in Kutahya as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt, on Monday. The detainees also included S.B., a Turkmenistan citizen studying at Dumlupinar University Detention warrants were issued for two more people in the same investigation. Meanwhile, […]

An indictment prepared against 77 academics from the Bolu-based Abant İzzet Baysal University (AIBU) seeks up to 15 years in prison each of 75 and up to 22 years for the remaining two. The 72-page indictment accuses M.Y. and K.G. of leading a terrorist organization, a crime in the Turkish law that carries a potential penalty of a prison

The 40-year-old marble cutter Huseyin Korkmaz has joined others who were arrested for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Korkmaz was detained when he swore at Erdogan during Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) referendum campaign activities in Tekirdag’s Ergani district. According to Turkish media, Korkmaz grabbed a mic at the campaign bus immediately after other campaigners departed

A Bursa court has ruled for the continuation of the arrest for Seyfettin Yiğit, a prosecutor who was found dead in a prison bathroom in September of last year. The court was responding to a request for Yiğit’s release seven months after he died in prison, according to the Haberdar media outlet. The 47-year-old public

A total of 963 people were detained in operations targeting the Gülen movement over the past week, according to a statement from Turkey’s Interior Ministry on Monday. The detentions took place between April 3 and 10. As a result of operations targeting left-wing terror organizations, the ministry said 76 suspects had been detained in the

Dokuz Eylul University Rectorate has asked all contracted workers at the medical faculty hospital to attend President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rally meeting in Izmir ahead of the presidential referendum. Erdogan is scheduled to take floor along with Prime Minister Binali Yildirim at a referendum rally in Izmir’s Gundogdu square on Apr 9. The rectorate issued