Turkey Purge

TURKEY PURGE IN PAST 7 DAYS: 352 arrested, 968 others detained over coup charges

A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and taken into custody. At least 352 people were arrested, while 968 others were detained over the past 7 days, according to Turkish news agencies. Police carried out the operations in at […]

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Jobless rate at six-year high, lira in freefall against US dollar after Turkey’s purge

Turkey’s post-coup witch hunt continues targeting small and large business owners and main indicators prove that cruel purge is bad for the economy as a whole. The unemployment rate, according to most recent data, jumped to 11.3 percent in September standing at a six-year high. Meanwhile, the Turkish lira lost 17 percent of its value

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Turkey’s military staff cut by a third amid post-coup purge: Council of Europe

Turkey’s purge of its military since a botched coup in July has cut its armed forces by a third according to the Council of Europe, Reuters reported adding that NATO raised concerns that Turkey’s response to the failed coup has worryingly thinned its forces. The council, Europe’s leading human rights organization with 47 member states including

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Turkey’s pro-gov’t media claims Gülen movement behind murder of Russian ambassador

Immediately following the discovery that the gunman who shot the Russian ambassador to Turkey on Monday evening was a police officer, the pro-government media was quick to put the blame on the Gülen movement. The gunman, Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, chanted Islamist slogans also used by radical terrorist organization the Al Nusra Front after he shot

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Turkey seeks 82.5-year in prison for Vice News journalists on terrorism charges

An indictment has been drawn up by a Diyarbakır prosecutor for two Vice News journalists who were arrested and released in Turkey in 2015, demanding a total of 82.5 years on charges of terrorism. Reporter Jake Hanrahan and cameraman Philip Pendlebury were arrested on Aug. 29 in Diyarbakır and released in September. While they were

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Mayors must secure permission for foreign trips under emergency rule

The Ministry of Interior Affairs recently announced in a written statement that as part of a state of emergency in Turkey, the mayors of all local administrations are required to obtain permission from the ministry if they want to travel abroad. Turkey declared emergency rule after a failed coup attempt on July 15 and has

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Tor blocked in Turkey as government cracks down on VPN use

The Turkey Blocks internet censorship watchdog has identified and verified that restrictions on the Tor anonymity network and Tor Browser are now in effect throughout Turkey. Our study indicates that service providers have successfully complied with a government order to ban VPN services. Tor is a free and open system designed to allow activists, journalists and ordinary internet users to circumvent government censorship of

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Another Turkish journalist quits job in protest of gov’t pressure on media

The veteran Turkish journalist, Ayşenur Arslan quitted her daily program Medya Mahallesi [Media Neighborhood] at Halk TV, saying she cannot continue her job “as if everything is normal in Turkey.” “Sometimes silence is the biggest cry. We have come to the end at Medya Mahallesi,” she said during her last program on Dec. 16. “I cannot

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