Turkey Purge

Mayor of the İdil district of the southeastern province of Şırnak Mehmet Muhdi Aslan, who was removed from his post last week by Turkey’s Interior Ministry, was arrested on terrorism charges on Monday. İdil District Governor Ersin Tepeli was appointed mayor of İdil by the Interior Ministry on Wednesday after the dismissal of Aslan. Aslan, […]

The İzmir Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 101 individuals including courthouse employees in İzmir, Manisa, Konya and Kütahya provinces, media reports said on Thursday. Seventy-six of these people have already been detained, according the reports. The İzmir-based operation targeted mostly courthouse employees in the four provinces who have alleged links to

Turkey’s ever-widening post-coup purge has taken its toll on the Capitals Market Board (SPK) as the regulator fails to carry out its most basic tasks. SPK’s workload has been piling up every passing day as it fails to function properly after three of its decision committee members were suspended over their alleged links to the

Twenty-five schoolteachers who were claimed to be using ByLock, a smart phone messaging application, have been detained as part of a witch-hunt targeting the Gülen movement. Turkish prosecutors claim that Bylock is the top communication tool among the members of Gulen Movement, which the government accuses of mastermind the July 15 coup attempt. But, critics blast

Independent journalist Mahir Zeynalov said in a tweet that Twitter will block his account to users in Turkey at the request of Turkish authorities for “instigating terrorism.” “Twitter told me that it will block my account at the request of Turkey for ‘instigating terrorism,’ putting an end to my 7-year reporting,” Zeynalov tweeted on Monday.

The Turkish authorities sealed the hangars and aircraft of Tarkim Air at İstanbul Atatürk Airport and Adana Airport over the owner’s alleged ties to the Gülen movement, which is accused of plotting a failed coup attempt on July 15. Police teams raided the Tarkim hangar at İstanbul Atatürk Airport on Monday afternoon and searched 10

Twenty-one schoolteachers who were claimed to be using ByLock, a smart phone messaging application, were arrested as part of a witch-hunt targeting the Gülen movement, on Monday. Turkish prosecutors claim that Bylock is the top communication tool among the members of Gulen Movement, which the government accuses of mastermind the July 15 coup attempt. Thousands have