Turkey Purge

A total of 740 people have been detained as part of operations across Turkey against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the Ministry of Interior Affairs announced on Saturday. According to the statement, the operations aimed to prevent urban terrorist attacks by the PKK. The Minister of Interior Affairs Süleyman Soylu also stated that over […]

The Turkish government has arrested a total of 84 co-mayors from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) in the past couple of months while seizing the administration of 54 municipalities across southern Turkey. The pro-Kurdish DBP won 103 municipalities in local elections held on March 30, 2014, with some repeated on June 1, 2014. However,

Detention warrants were issued for 23 dismissed judges and prosecutors in İzmir as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement and a failed coup attempt on July 15. Out of the 23 jurists for whom detention warrants were issued, 20 had been taken into custody as of Saturday noon by police in İzmir after raids

Mehmed Özkan, the controversially-appointed rector of Turkey’s prestigious Boğaziçi University has cancelled a scheduled speech by Selin Sayek Böke, the spokesperson of the main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP). Böke was set to deliver a speech titled “Leadership in the new economy,” during a two-day summit organized by a student club at the university on March

Over 90,000 military personnel are likely to face investigation over their links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt, according to Cumhuriyet daily. Turkey has already dismissed 23,000 military members in the aftermath of July 15. According to information Cumhuriyet obtained from the Ankara Public Prosecutor’s Office,

Dokuz Eylül University’s Faculty of Law refused to give permission for Cem Toker, the former head of Turkey’s Liberal Democrat Party (LDP) to deliver a speech on the upcoming presidential referendum. “They did not let us talk even though we have mere 0.06 percent electoral vote,” Toker tweeted on Thursday. The incident came amid similar

Another 63 police officers who were earlier dismissed from profession have been put under arrest over their alleged use of ByLock mobile application. Turkish authorities believe ByLock is a communication tool between members of the Gülen movement. The Istanbul-based investigation sought arrest of 72 former police officers, but the court in charge jailed 63 of

Turkey’s Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) has dismissed 202 more judges and prosecutors over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which Turkish authorities accuse of being behind a failed coup attempt in July last of year. According to state-run Anadolu news agency, the decision was taken during a HSYK meeting on Friday evening. With