Turkey Purge

13 more people have been detained over their messages of support for a statement released by the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) criticizing Turkey’s military operation in the Kurdish-controlled Afrin region of Syria, the pro-government Sabah daily reported on Friday. According to the report, 13 people were detained by police in raids on their homes early

Journalist Cem Kucuk, a staunch supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has called on the government to close down the critical TV channel, KRT. “[Foreigners] in YPG ranks in Afrin fire their guns against Turkish troops. And then, this KRT TV channel host Caglar Dilara gets on his program [pro-Kurdish HDP deputy] Garo Paylan

The anti-government Furkan foundation has been temporarily closed as part of a decision by a prosecutor. “Adana-based Furkan foundation, all its branches and representatives were banned in accordance with the approval of the Interior Ministry, dated Jan 31, 2018,” a written statement by the Adana Public Prosecutor’s Office said Wednesday. Furkan’s president Alparslan Kuytul were

Detention warrants were issued for 18 women in Turkey’s central province of Konya as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement, on Tuesday. State-run Anadolu news agency said women are part of the Gulen group’s women network in Konya. Police detained 15 of them at the time of this writing while the remaining 3

At least 20 people were detained for their previous money deposits into Bank Asya, as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement on Wednesday. An Istanbul prosecutor issued detention warrants for 36 people who are accused of having sold off their belongings to create funds for Bank Asya, the movement’s lender which was later

A total of 110,778 people were dismissed from state institutions while 3,604 of them were later reinstated to their jobs, with post-coup emergency decrees, according to Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag. The number of people who have lost their state jobs with emergency decrees stands at 107,174 after reinstatements, Bozdag told a parliamentary gathering Wednesday. Turkey

Eleven members of the Turkish Medical Association’s (TTB) central council were detained early on Tuesday for criticizing the Turkish military’s “Operation Olive Branch,” recently launched against the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in the Syrian district of Afrin. The detentions came several days after the TTB denounced the cross-border military operation into Syria, saying “No to