Turkey Purge

A Turkish woman, identified by the initials H.T.K., was detained in Artvin province while she was allegedly on her way to escape to Georgia, on Feb. 28. Police stopped a car along Turkey’s Georgian border to carry out a search upon complaint. H.T.K. was found hiding in a secret compartment below backseats, established near the […]

A total of 25 people, including Ramazan Ölçen, owner of the pro-Kurdish daily Azadiya Welat, have been detained by Turkish police in simultaneous raids in Diyarbakır, Evrensel daily reported on Saturday. Azadiya Welt was shut down with a decree issued by the Turkish government following a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. According to Evrensel, 24

A Turkish court ruled for the arrest of a total of 21 civilians on Saturday over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt, the pro-gov’t Karar daily has reported. Detention warrants were issued for 34 Ağrı individuals early on Friday. Hours later, police teams carried out

A total of 1,846 people have been dismissed from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBİTAK) due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, Minister of Science, Industry and Technology Faruk Özlü announced on Friday. The Gülen movement is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15,

The front page of the pro-government Star daily on Thursday bore a headline that targeted jailedDie Welt reporter Deniz Yücel, saying he is not a journalist but rather a hitman of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The headline on Star’s front page said “Gazeteci değil, PKK tetikçisi,” which means “not a journalist, a PKK

A total of thirty-three housewives were detained over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt, the pro-gov’t Sabah daily reported on Friday. Detention warrants were issued for 33 Kayseri individuals early on Friday. Hours later, police teams carried out simultaneous operations in the province and detained

Abdi Aykut, who was allegedly tortured during a recent military blockade of the village of Koruköy in southeast Turkey’s Mardin province, was arrested on Wednesday night on charges of aiding a terrorist organization. Aykyut’s lawyer, Rıdvan Alp, said that despite objections due to his poor health after he was subjected to violence, the court handed