Turkey Purge

Turkish mob boss to gov’t: Why bother with diplomacy? We’ll kill Gülen, his followers

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Turkey’s infamous mob boss Alaattin Çakıcı implied in a letter to the Justice Ministry that his mafia network could kill Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen in Pennsylvania and his senior followers elsewhere in the world. Çakıcı’s letter came weeks after Turkey’s controversial request that the US extradite Gülen. “Dear Justice Minister, you and the president continually […]

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Former jurists’ association head detained in post-coup purge operation

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Former head of the Judges and Prosecutors Association (YARSAV) Murat Arslan was detained in Ankara on Wednesday morning as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement. Arslan was recently dismissed from his post at the Court of Accounts as a result of the probe against the movement. YARSAV was among the thousands of

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Rights watchdogs, press groups urge Turkey to end emergency abuses

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Global human rights organizations as well as press freedom associations have urged the Turkish government to end its abuses against perceived critics committed under emergency rule. In a joint statement released on Oct. 19, the first day of the second state of emergency declared by the government since a July 15 coup attempt, the groups

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Judge who arrested military officers for coup involvement jailed over ByLock use

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An Adana judge who arrested 10 high-ranking military officers including Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base commander, Gen. Bekir Ercan Van, on coup charges, has been jailed for using the ByLock mobile application. Turkish prosecutors claim that ByLock is the top communication tool among members of the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding a July 15 coup

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Turkish prosecutor seeks arrest of former Zaman, STV journalists on coup charges

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A prosecutor with the İstanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office has demanded arrest warrants for former Today’s Zaman Editor-in-Chief Bülent Keneş, Zaman daily columnist Kerim Balcı and Samanyolu TV Group (STV) US representative Şemsettin Efe on charges of links to a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15. Can Tuncay, a prosecutor in the İstanbul Public

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76 arrested, 128 others detained over coup charges on Monday

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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 76 people were arrested, while 128 others were detained over the past 24 hours, according to Turkish news agencies. Police carried out the operations in at least

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Government seizes another 30 companies over coup charges

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A Denizli court on Tuesday appointed trustees to 30 companies owned by 23 businessmen in the province over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement. Some of the business owners are currently under arrest as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement on the grounds that they provide financial support to the movement.

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Turkish court arrests 17 more judges, prosecutors in post-coup witch hunt

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Seventeen judges and prosecutors who were recently detained as part of an operation against people using a smart phone application called ByLock were arrested in İstanbul on Tuesday. As part of a witch-hunt against the Gülen movement, the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) suspended 184 judges and prosecutors for allegedly using ByLock last

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AK Party deputy head targets Gülen mov’t, calls it crusader organization

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Ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputy chairman Yasin Aktay said that Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and FETO, an abbreviation coined by the government circles to refer to the sympathizers of Gülen Movement within state institutions, are crusader organizations that are fed by the same people and are serving to the same purpose.

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