Turkey Purge

A panel of trustees has been appointed to Boydak Holding, a prominent business conglomerate located in central Kayseri province, over alleged links to the Gulen Movement which the government accuses the mastermind the July 15 failed coup attempt. The Kayseri 2th Penal Court of Peace ordered Boydak Holding to be placed under a trustee panel on Aug 18 upon a directive by […]

Turkish police detained two lawyers over their alleged ties to Fethullah Gülen, in Turkey’s Merzifon district. Two lawyers, identified only by their initials, A.K. and A.N.K., were detained in a raid into their house in Merzifon, a district in the central Black Sea region of Turkey, by counter-terrorism police in the early morning of Aug 18, several local media

Titled as the Doctor of the Year in 2013, cardiologist Mustafa Emmiler was arrested over his alleged links to what the government calls terrorist organization, amid massive purge launched after the July 15 failed coup. Antalya police took Emmiler into custody as part of an investigation into the coup attempt, on August 15. Turkey survived

Police detained Turkish poet Rıfat Sayar over his alleged ties to Fethullah Gülen, in the western province of Denizli. Denizli police raided a hotel in Karahayıt neighborhood where Sayar was staying, early on Sunday. An arrest warrant had earlier been issued for Sayar. The move came as the latest in a massive purge against intellectuals