Turkey Purge

An Istanbul court ordered the temporary closure of daily Özgür Gündem on Aug. 16 on charges of making propaganda on behalf the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). According to a statement by the Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Istanbul 8th Criminal Court of Peace approved a criminal court of peace magistracy’s request to “temporarily” shut down Özgür […]

A caricaturist for the government-raided daily Özgür Gündem, Doğan Güzel was frogmarched and detained by the government over the newspaper’s alleged propaganda for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), on Tuesday. According to a statement by the Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Istanbul 8th Criminal Court of Peace approved a criminal court of peace magistracy’s

Turkish police on Tuesday launched simultaneous operations against 44 companies in Istanbul over their suspected links to a failed military coup attempt last month, Xinhua news said. Most of the companies raided by police on Tuesday belong to Akfa Holding and the A101 discount supermarket chain. The police department alleged that there are links between Akfa

Nearly 300 courthouse personnel were detained over alleged links to the Gulen Movement which the government accuses the mastermind the July 15 failed coup attempt. A total of 293 people were detained from the courthouses in a probe carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office. Operations were carried out in six courthouses, including Çağlayan, Gaziosmanpaşa, Anadolu,

An expert on religious studies and a visiting scholar at Turkey’s Karabük University, Canadian professor Clyde Forsberg has asked for help via social media after police raided his home amid massive purge against intellectuals launched following the July 15 coup attempt. “Everyone! Friends! The police have come to my home. They are searching the apartment