Turkey Purge

A total of 966 people were detained in operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement over the past week, according to a statement from Turkey’s Interior Ministry on Monday. The detentions and arrests took place between March 13 and 20. In operations targeting the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Turkish police detained 70 […]

An Ankara court has blocked access to dozens of Twitter accounts in Turkey which are critical of the Turkish government or President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The decision to block the Twitter accounts was made by the Ankara 2nd Penal Court of Peace. One of the blocked Twitter accounts belongs to Ercan Karakoyun, director of the

A total of 16,409 students have been sacked from military schools as part of the the government’s post-coup purge, according to National Defense Minister Fikri Işık. “4,090 students from military high schools; 6,140 students from non-commissioned officer colleges; and 6,179 undergraduate students (those from Turkish military academy, naval academy, air force academy, Gulhane military medical

Munise Gülen, a fourth-year sociology student in Manisa province who were earlier briefly detained over her family ties to the Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, has been arrested this time around. The persecution did not stay limited to the 23-year-old’s imprisonment, as she was also dismissed from the university and her mother was too put behind

Turkey’s Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has launched an auction to sell out some properties belonging to Izmir-based Kavuklar Group, the conglomerate seized as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown against the Gülen movement. The government accuses the movement of to be behind the July 15 coup attempt. Established in 1970, Kavuklar has interests in automotive,

A total of 17 health workers, including doctors and nurses, were arrested late on March19 in Kayseri province as part of an investigation into the coup attempt of July 15. According to the Hürriyet daily, counter-terrorism police rounded up health workers working at Kayseri state hospital. The suspects were brought to the police department for interrogation.

Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Işık stated that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government dismissed a total of 22,920 military personnel after a coup attempt on July 15, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Friday. In response to a question by Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Muharrem İnce, Işık said 6,511 officers and