Turkey Purge

Kemal Sancılı, the publisher of the now-defunct pro-Kurdish newspaper Özgür Gündem was arrested on accusation of membership to a terrorist organization. Özgür Gündem, among 14 other media outlets, was shut down in accordance with a post-coup government decree on Oct. 29, 2016. Detained in the eastern province of Urfa late on Jan 2, Sancılı joined hundreds […]

A total of 24 academics from the Manisa-based Celal Bayar University were detained as part of an ongoing investigation on the Gülen movement, on Thursday. Police carried out operations in seven provinces: Manisa, İstanbul, Bursa, Kastamonu, İzmir, Malatya and Çorum. The detained academics are accused of using the smart phone application ByLock, which according to prosecutors is the top communication tool

Detention warrants were issued for the wives of 105 military officers as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15. Police were ordered to carry out operations in 31 different provinces. Suspects included the wives of 40 majors, 40 lieutenants, 14 lieutenant colonels,

Efkan Bolaç, a lawyer representing fashion designer Barbaros Şansal, who was attacked by a mob at İstanbul Atatürk Airport and then arrested by a court on Tuesday, tweeted that Şansal was sent to İstanbul’s Silivri Prison, where most of Turkey’s political prisoners are jailed. “Barbaros Şansal is in Silivri Prison No.9. I talked to him,

Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said on Monday that an investigation had been launched into 347 social media accounts sharing posts in support of terror attacks following a shooting in a nightclub that killed 39 and wounded 69 on Sunday. Speaking to reporters following a Cabinet meeting in Ankara on Monday, Kurtulmuş said Ankara has

Forty-five academics from İstanbul University who were implicated as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, face up to 22.5 years in prison as an indictment accusing them of forming, running or being member of an armed terrorist organization was handed over to the court in charge. The academics in question –14 of them

Private hospitals as well as other employers outside the Turkey’s public sector are being pressured not to employ people dismissed under the post-coup emergency rule, according to an anaesthesia technician interviewed by Equal Times news portal. Victims of Turkey’s post-coup purge shared their experience to shed light on what they have been getting through over

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Tuesday warned young people to be careful about their social media messages, saying that posts of a “criminal nature” could cause them trouble. “I have an important warning for our youths who use social media. The posts you share on social media and which are criminal in nature will

Halkevleri organization members Ayşegül Başar and Hamit Dışkaya, who were detained on Monday morning over a video in which they call on people to protect secularism against the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, were arrested by an İstanbul court on Tuesday for alleged “incitement of hatred and hostility,” Cumhuriyet reported. Opposition Republican People’s Party