Turkey Purge

At least 21 people including Alparslan Kuytul, president of the Furkan Foundation and leader of a religious group critical of the Turkish government, were detained by a group of anti-terror police, several Turkish media outlets reported. Kuytul and other detainees are reportedly accused of “disturbing public order” and “establishing a criminal organization.” Units from the police’s […]

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 623 people have been detained in one week due to alleged links to the Gülen group, bringing the number of people taken into custody in January to 2,426. The group is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. A total

A total of 311 people were detained over their social media posts critical of Turkey’s Afrin operations in the past week, according to official data. The Interior Ministry said in a statement on Jan 29 that 311 people were detained for “terror propaganda in their social media postings on Afrin operation” in past week. On Jan

Deniz Naki, a German football player with Kurdish roots will not return to his Turkey-based team, Amedspor over security concerns, Der Spiegel said Saturday. Naki wants to dissolve his contract with Amedspor and stay in Germany, 28-year-old’s lawyer Stephan Kuhn told the German magazine. The lawyer reportedly underlined security concerns for the decision. Naki’s car

Jailed police officers Yurt Atayün and Ömer Köse were put in solitary confinement, according to their lawyer Ömer Turanlı. In a series of tweets on Jan 24, Turanli said Atayün and Köse were taken from Istanbul’s Silivri prison to Edirne and Tekirdag prisons, respectively where both were put in solitary confinement. Turanli said his clients have

The theater performance about a fictional dictator by outspoken actor Baris Atay was banned in Kocaeli’s central district of Izmit, the latest of such attempts against the critical monologue. “Just a Dictator” is a monologue performed by Atay about the head of an unspecified country and his rise to power amid angry yet little to