Turkey Purge

Turkish authorities have issued detention warrants for a total of 192 military personnel over alleged links to the Gülen group, accused of orchestrating a failed coup two years ago, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing authorities and media. Among the military personnel sought by the Ankara prosecutors are one former brigadier general and 30 pilots, 99 […]

Arrest warrants were issued for 102 people in 23 provinces as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement, on Tuesday. Media reported that Bursa-based investigation seeks arrest of 55 dismissed police officers, 38 students purged from military academy, 8 dismissed military officers and a public sector employee. Police carried out operations to detain the

At least 21 people have been detained during a police raid on a prep school established by teachers who were earlier removed from their jobs over their alleged ties to the Gulen movement. Anti-terror police in Turkey’s western province of Denizli raided a tutoring centre in Merkezefendi district on accusations that it was set up

A total of 296 Turkish diplomats and 881 service passport holders have claimed asylum in Germany since the July 15, 2016 failed coup, according to Die Welt. The number of asylum-seeking Turkish diplomats and holders of the service passport –only given to senior public officials and their family members– who have sought protection in Germany has increased

Kurdish singer Hozan Cane was detained on her way back from pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party’s (HDP) election campaign in Edirne’s Enez district. The 47-year-old singer who has also German citizenship was stopped by police near downtown Edirne on Saturday. Media reported that she was detained on accusations of making terror propaganda with her social media

An Istanbul court on Wednesday sent another Turkish journalist to prison on terror charges. Ece Sevim Öztürk, an İstanbul-based Turkish journalist known for her investigative reporting on a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016, was sent to prison after spending 13 days in police custody. She was reportedly jailed for “aiding the Gülen group,”

The İstanbul 35th High Criminal Court on Thursday ruled to continue the pretrial detention of Amnesty International’s honorary Turkey chair, Taner Kılıç, at the fourth hearing of the trial of 11 human rights activists. Some of the activists, who were taken into police custody on July 5, 2017 during a meeting on Büyükada, one of İstanbul’s

At least 511 German citizens were scammed out of 7 million euros in total, fearing investigations allegedly opened against them in Turkey. Media reported Tuesday that 11 people were detained on fraud charges in Turkey’s resort province of Antalya. The detainees are accused of swindling German citizens who were tricked to giving away thousands of