Turkey Purge

As part of an İstanbul-based operation, detention warrants have been issued for 166 police officers including police chiefs across 35 provinces  due to their use of a smart phone application called ByLock. Turkish prosecutors claim that ByLock is the top communication tool among members of the faith-based Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding […]

The value of immovable properties including dormitories, real estate and schools that the government has confiscated as part of its clampdown on the Gülen movement totals around TL 15 billion ($4.9 billion), according to Environment and Urban Planning Minister Mehmet Özhaseki. A total of 3,333 properties were taken over by the Finance Ministry and 2,086 others

Prize-winning novelist and journalist Aslı Erdoğan, who was arrested last week for alleged links to the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has been trying for the past 15 days to obtain permission to have a sweater in jail, but the prison administration has been ignoring her requests, a main opposition deputy said on Friday. Speaking

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 92 people were arrested, while 144 others were detained on Friday, according to Turkish news agencies. Police carried out the operations in 28 provinces across Turkey. With

Twenty-one officers serving at the 3rd Main Jet Airbase in Konya were arrested as part of post-coup witch-hunt operations by a court in Konya on Saturday, CNNTürk reported. Officers who were detained on Tuesday were arrested for “violating the constitution, attempting to prevent the functioning of the legislature, rioting against the government and against the

Mehmet Anıl, a reporter for the ETHA news agency, has been arrested along with three others on accusations of membership in an illegal organization. Police earlier detained seven Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) members, among them Anıl, in Adana. While the three of them were released on probation, Anıl along with the rest were arrested

An Ankara court ruled on arrest of three military attaches over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 failed coup. Ankara police earlier detained eight military attaches over Gülen-links. While five of them were released on probation, the remaining three were put behind bars, on Saturday.