Turkey Purge

Erdoğan calls on people to report Gülen followers to authorities

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday reiterated an earlier call he made to Turkish people, calling on them to report followers of the faith-based Gülen movement in their surroundings to the police and prosecutors’ offices so that they can be prosecuted for their links to the movement. Speaking at a public rally in the […]

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Turkey closes 29 TV stations for ‘illegal broadcasting’

Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has shut down 29 television stations for illegal broadcasting and also decided to impose sanctions on two stations for terrorist propaganda and discriminatory broadcasting, the Cumhuriyet daily reported on Saturday. Chinko TV, Plus Life, Sultan, Welat, Cmax, Awaza Kurdi, TV Korku, Pix, Vizyon TV, Filght TV, Arti TV,

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Turkey arrests another 10 faculty members over Gulen links

A Turkish court, on Saturday, ruled on arrests of 10 academics at Kocaeli University, increasing the already-high number of intellectuals taken under custody as part of an investigation into the Gulen Movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt. Police detained 21 academics on August 20. While 11 were released –four

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Turkish singer gets another concert cancelled following remarks on democracy rally

Turkish singer Sıla Gençoğlu some of whose concerts have been cancelled due to her critical statements about a democracy rally held earlier this month, has another of her concert be cancelled, Cumhuriyet daily reported on Sunday. The young singer refused to attend the democracy rally held in Istanbul on Aug.7 against a failed coup attempt

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Police raid central office of Kurdish-language newspaper

Turkish police raided the Diyarbakır offices of Kurdish-publishing daily newspaper, Azadiya Welat on Sunday. Police officers reportedly continue searching the office. The number of journalists jailed in Turkey went up to 106 with the recent arrests of two reporters for pro-Kurdish news outlets. DİHA news agency’s Erdem Mühirci were arrested along with Ali Aşikar from

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Turkey set to dismiss another 6,800 police officers over Gülen links

Turkey’s Interior Ministry is poised to dismiss 6,800 police officers, over their alleged ties to then Gülen Movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt, in a new decree to be issued under emergency rules. According to Milliyet daily, the ministry has recently prepared a new list of police officers suspected of

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Defense Ministry fires 196 military judges and prosecutors

As part of a post-coup-attempt witch-hunt targeting the Gülen movement, the Ministry of Defense has dismissed 196 military court judges and prosecutors over links to the movement, reported the Cumhuriyet daily on Saturday. The state-run Anadolu news agency reported on July 20 that the Defense Ministry sacked at least 262 military court judges and prosecutors

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