Turkey Purge

Antalya Chief Public Prosecutor’s issued detention warrants for 25 lawyers including members of Contemporary Lawyers Association (ÇHD) members on Thursday, as part of witch-hunt operations against the Gülen movement launched in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt on July 15, Bianet news website reported on Thursday. According to the report, police raided houses of

Three sisters of the wife of Adil Öksüz, one of the main suspects wanted for his alleged role in an attempted coup in Turkey on July 15, were detained on Thursday. Naciye Alişan, Belkıs Nur Tetik and Seyyide Öznur, the three sisters-in-law of Öksüz, were brought to the Sakarya Police Station for interrogation. Critics have

A total of 25 people including faculty members and personnel at Malatya’s İnönü University were arrested over coup charges, bringing up the already high-number of academics jailed over their alleged ties to the July 15 failed coup bid, on Thursday. Nearly 23,000 people from all walks of life have been under arrest since the failed

Trustees were appointed to 17 companies over their alleged ties to the Gulen Movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 botched coup, on Thursday. Among the implicated firms are construction, transportation and tourism companies. On Wednesday, a Turkish court ordered the seizure of all assets of 41 businessmen suspected of allegedly financing

Istanbul Prosecutor’s Office issued arrests warrants for 114 businessmen including Rıza Meral, the chairman of the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON), as part of an investigation into the Gulen Movement. The movement is accused by the government of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt. Among those implicated in the investigation are members and personnel of

In yet another move by Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government to silence dissident voices in the media, access to two personal blogs of US-based journalist İlhan Tanır was banned in Turkey on Tuesday. Tanır, known for his objective Turkey-related stories including those on the trial process of controversial Turkish businessman Reza Zarrab,

In a move that is likely to cast fresh doubt on the situation of freedom of the press in Turkey, Turkey’s Youth and Sports Ministry has seized video footage of an interview German broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) conducted with Minister Akif Çağatay Kılıç, apparently because the minister had a hard time answering difficult questions, the

Two distributors of Turkey’s only Kurdish-language daily, Azadiya Welat was arrested, bringing up the total number of journalists jailed to 117, on Tuesday. Police stormed the Diyarbakır office of the daily and detained 11 distributors among others. While nine of them were released, Arap Turan and Ferit Toprak were arrested over their alleged membership to