Turkey Purge

Two British citizens who were detained by Turkish police at Dalaman Airport in the tourist resort of Muğla on Thursday due to their social media posts were subsequently arrested on terror charges, the T24 news website reported. The two brothers of Iraqi origin, identified as Ayman Barzan and Hariam Barzan, were stopped by the police […]

A total of seven people were detained as part of an Usak-based investigation into the suspected followers of the Gulen movement on Wednesday. The public prosecutor’s office in Turkey’s western province of Usak issued detention warrants for 5 military officers, 1 academic from Usak University and 1 businessman who owns a local newspaper in the

At least six people were put in pre-trial detention as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement in Izmir, according to media. State-run Anadolu news agency said Thursday that six people are accused of membership to the movement. Arrestees include Ali Rıza Doğanata, one of the owners of the Izmir University and Fatih College. Both of the

A former police officer who was suspended from the office over his alleged ties to the Gulen movement has killed himself in Kahramanmaras’s Turkoglu district. Local media reported Sunday that 31-year-old former police officer, identified by his initials F.Ç., shot himself in the head with a rifle registered under his grandfather’s name on Saturday. His

At least 35 LGBT activists were detained on Sunday for attempting to hold a pride march in İstanbul’s famed Taksim square to mark one of the largest organized gay festivals in Turkey. Turkish media outlets and several pro-LGBT twitter accounts reported that police fired plastic bullets at a group of around 40 activists and heavy

Turkish adversiter Hakan Aykut Nili has been put in pre-trial detention over a comment he made on social media criticizing the results of the June 24 elections in Turkey, the Cumhuriyet daily reported on Monday. “This must be the biggest fraud in political history. We see that the sole solution is to take to the

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 777 people have been detained in the past week due to alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, bringing the total number of people detained in first half of the year to 15,190. The Gülen group is accused of masterminding a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July

The İstanbul Governor’s Office has banned an LGBTI pride parade scheduled to take place in İstanbul’s famed Taksim street on July 1, citing security and public order concerns, the Turkish media reported. The 2014 LGBTI pride parade was the last one that was allowed by the Turkish authorities. Al the following parades scheduled in 2015,

At least 12 people were detained over their alleged ties to the Gulen movement on Friday. Media reported that 2 female suspects detained in operation are accused of tutoring students for military academy entrance exams. Turkish government accuses Gulenists for the July 15, 2016 failed coup while the group denies involvement. Nearly 200,000 people are