Turkey Purge

One-third of Turkey’s diplomats Gulenist, pro-gov’t daily urges new purges

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At least a thousand of Turkey’s 3,000 diplomats serve Gulen Movement, retired consulate Vahit Özdemir was quoted by the pro-government newspaper, Star in the latest of a prospective purge wave within state institutions. Turkey has already suspended nearly 80,000 state workers, detained some 30,000 and arrested 15,000. Claiming that diplomats with alleged ties to Gulen […]

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Police raids İstanbul courthouses, detains 106 staff

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A total of 106 courthouse staff were detained early Aug 15 in Istanbul as part of operations into the coup attempt of July 15 that failed to overthrow the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government. Counter-terrorism police raided on Monday the Çağlayan, Gaziosmanpaşa and Bakırköy courthouses in İstanbul, and rounded up people, which

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BBC: Cumhuriyet editor Dundar resigns in wake of coup

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A Turkish journalist who faces jail for revealing state secrets has resigned as editor of the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper. Can Dundar said trusting the judiciary after July’s failed coup would be “like putting one’s head under a guillotine”. The government has cracked down on the media following the coup attempt. In May, Mr Dundar was

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Former vice rector admits profiling Gulenists at university

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I have profiled Gulenist academics according to their departments since July 15, Aslan Bilici, former vice-rector of Turkey’s Dicle University said during his testimony in order to escape accusations that he is a member of what the government officials call Gulenist terror organisation. Bilici was briefly detained along with 63 other academics as part of

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Turkey eases procedures for informants amid Gulenist purge

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A recent draft bill prepared by Turkey’s ruling AK Party seeks to ease regulations for reporting public workers to police in case of suspected crimes. Prosecutors or inspectors are entitled to ignore complaints if whistleblowers did not provide certain information in their tips, Cumhur Çilesiz, an Interior Ministry said adding that that the bill, if

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Deputy PM acknowledges witch-hunt against Gulen Movement

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Deputy Prime Minister Tuğrul Türkeş acknowledged that Gulen Movement has being accused for each and every wrongdoing in Turkey, saying that witch-hunt is underway for sympathizers of the movement. “When the shock absorber of your car is broken, they put blame on people with ties to FETO [an abbreviation the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan coined

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VIDEO: Turkey turns Gulen-affiliated science school into religious school

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A private school affiliated with the Gulen movement in the eastern province of Van has been turned into a religious vocational schools known as “İmam-hatip” high schools. In a video footage released on social media on Sunday, Turkish authorities affiliated with the Van Governor’s Office are seen carrying a banner of the religious vocational school

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43 journalists arrested, while 100 with detention warrants after Turkey’s coup attempt

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Some 43 journalists have been arrested as part a probe into the July 15 failed coup attempt, while the number of detention warrants issued against professionals exceeded 100, according to a journalism association. The Istanbul-based Platform for Independent Journalism (P24) said that with the Aug. 11 arrest of now-closed daily Zaman correspondent Ayşenur Parıldak, the

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37 health workers arrested in southern Turkey

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A total of 37 health workers, including doctors and nurses, were arrested late on Aug 15 in the southern province of Kahramanmaraş as part of an investigation into the coup attempt of July 15. According to the several local media outlets, counter-terrorism police rounded up health workers working at Sütçü İmam University’s Medical Faculty Hospital.

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Expat gets attacked as Turkish diplomat urges action against Gülen sympathizers

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A Turkish man has been attacked in the head a day after Turkey’s Consul General in Rotterdam called on people to “do their part” against Gülen Movement. Hasan Cücük, former Denmark reporter of Turkey’s seized newspaper Zaman wrote on his Twitter account on Friday that an Amsterdam-based Hizmet (a.k.a. Gulen Movement) volunteer was attacked a

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