Turkey Purge

Twenty businessmen and educators were detained over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt, the TRT Haber news portal reported on Thursday. Detention warrants were issued for 38 Bursa individuals early on Thursday. Hours later, police teams carried out simultaneous operations in Bursa province and detained […]

Three suspects accused of attempting to rape 6 female teachers in İzmir have told a court they “wanted to force” the teachers to leave the town because they thought that the victims had links to the Gulen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt. The suspects are being tried at

The Ministry of Interior Affairs on Friday appointed a trustee to the Bahçesaray Municipality in Van province, which was run by a pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) mayor. Bahçesaray district governor Serhat Karabektaş was appointed as a trustee to replace Bahçesaray Mayor Mehmet Garip Aykut. The number of local municipalities that have been taken away

Pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ferhat Encü who was released from jail on Wednesday, was arrested once again on Friday after Şırnak Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office objected to his release. Encü was first arrested in a police operation on Nov. 4 along with eight other party deputies including the party’s Co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen

Diyarbakır’s Sur Municipality which was earlier seized by the government has sent a text message to all its personnel to vote “Yes” in the upcoming presidential referendum that is set to boost President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s powers. Turkey has stepped up its crackdown on Kurdish politicians in recent months. Trustees have been appointed to dozens of

A.İ.B. and his wife E.K.B, who are claimed to be the dentists of Fethullah Gülen, face up to 15 years in prison each, according to Turkish media. The couple is accused of membership to the Gülen movement, which the government pinned the blame on for July 15 coup attempt. They were first detained after an

A total of 12 health workers, incuding doctors, nurses and midwives were detained in Eskişehir as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt. According to the pro-gov’t daily Karar, on Feb. 12, police carried out simultaneous operations in Eskişehir, Bursa, Giresun and Isparta

Four academics from the Rize-based Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University were detained in an operation on Wednesday that targeted followers of the Gülen movement for their use of a smart phone application. The detainees include Prof. Dr. Ekrem A., the former dean of the university’s medical faculty. The detainees are accused of using the ByLock smart

Turkish consulates in Germany have been organizing events for Turkish parents and asking them to spy on critics of the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Turkey at German schools, according to an education trade union, GEW (Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft). “The Turkish consulates are pushing parents to intimidate teachers and to report teachers who criticize