Turkey Purge

At least 5 people were detained over their alleged use of ByLock mobile application in Turkey’s central Anatolian province of Kayseri, media reported Friday. A Turkish prosecutor issued detention warrants for a total of 8 people in Kayseri on accusations that they use a smart phone application known as ByLock. Turkish authorities believe that ByLock is a communication tool among […]

Two co-owners of the Antalya-based Delphin hotels have been put in pretrial detention as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement. Media reported Friday that A.C. and his wife M.C. were arrested mainly on accusations of the membership to the movement. According to the media, A.C. was a board member of the now-closed Antalya

A video shared by the Yarın news portal shows the moment a group of university students being beaten by security staff at Ankara’s Gazi University campus. Students were reportedly attacked while they were protesting a recent government proposal to establish 20 new universities across Turkey while dividing some of the existing universities. Among the universities determined to be

Journalist Ismail Küçükkaya and lawyer Fidel Okan were sentenced to 1 year 4 months and 20 days in jail each for implying that the family issues minister Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya’s husband had used the controversial mobile app, ByLock. An Istanbul prosecutor earlier launched investigation against Küçükkaya and Okan for their ByLock accusations against the minister’s husband. In

At least 532 people were detained as part of investigations into the Gülen movement over the past week, according to government data. In a written statement on Monday, the Interior Ministry said 532 people were rounded up in operations targeting the Gülen movement between Apr 16-23. Turkish government accuses the movement of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt while

A Bolu couple, both teachers, has been arrested after 9 months in hiding on Apr 23. H.H. and his wife Z.H. were earlier given 7.5 years of prison sentence each on accusation of membership to the Gulen movement. A Bolu prosecutor has issued arrest warrants for the couple as they failed to turn themselves in