Turkey Purge

A Kırıkkale man who lost his both legs in a PKK attack while doing military service in the eastern province of Bingöl, has been sacked from a state institution after authorities found out that private colleges linked to Gülen Movement granted scholarship to his children. The movement stands accused of orchestrating the July 15 coup […]

Turkey’s purge of academia has created by far greater impact than Syrian civil war in the number of scholars seeking safety outside their home countries, according to organizations that help at-risk academics. The New York-based Scholar Rescue Fund, a part of the Institute of International Education (IIE) has received an unprecedented number of requests for

Opposition newspaper Sözcü’s Ankara bureau chief Saygı Öztürk has uncover the main actors in Turkey’s recent cleansing of dissenting voices from within state institutions, particularly of sympathizers of the Gülen Movement. In his Sunday column, Öztürk said presidents of 5-to 6-person commissions set up within all state bodies call the shots on who would be

Police detained 12 more academics from Erzincan University over their alleged links to the Gülen Movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the coup attempt on July 15. Police carried out operations in five provinces in early Friday and took 12 faculty members into custody. The detainees have been added to already high number of

An İzmir court imposed a ban of publication on the testimonies of suspects and secret witnesses within an İzmir-based investigation into the Gülen Movement. The movement stands accused of orchestrating the July 15 coup attempt despite its successive statements to deny any involvement. Turkey has already detained more than 40,000 people and arrested some 24,000

With only days to go until new school year kicks off, education unions call on authorities to consider a postponement in the schooling season due to a lack of teachers emerged amid the government purge of civil servants following the coup attempt. Nearly 1 million students are expected to be affected from the purge as