Turkey Purge

The veteran Turkish journalist Halil İbrahim Balta, who was arrested and put behind the bars after a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016, has reportedly overcome two serious life-critical health problems in last 15 days, however he was not allowed to meet his family. “Having been detained for 17 months, journalist Balta is not […]

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Garo Paylan on Wednesday said he has confirmed intelligence that exiled opponents of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan including Alevi and Armenian leaders, journalists and academics will be exposed to assassination or a series of assassinations in Europe, CNNTürk reported. “I confirmed it from various sources last weekend. I

Detention warrants have been issued for at least 110 people on accusations that they use a smart phone application known as ByLock, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Wednesday. According to the report, as of late Wednesday, 30 of 59 suspects sought by the Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office and 43 of 51 people sought

Abdulkadir Şengün, a professor of dentistry and the former rector of Turkey’s Turgut Özal University, has been sentenced to eight years, one month and 15 days in prison. Under arrest over alleged ties to the faith-based Gülen movement since Aug. 23, 2016, Şengün was sentenced on charges of membership in a terrorist organization. The sentence

NBA player Enes Kanter faces up to 4 years and 8 months in prison on accusations of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Twitter. State-run Anadolu news agency said on on Dec 20 that an indictment prepared following a complaint by Erdogan’s lawyers seeks between 14 months to 56 months for Kanter. Kanter is accused

A 4-years-old boy, identified as Umut Ö. was wounded after a police vehicle hit him while he was playing in front of their house in Idil, Şırnak, pro-Kurdish ANF news agency said on Monday. Umut was heavily wounded after the car ran over him, and was taken to district hospital in the car that hit him. Following

Detention warrants were issued for 106 people in 20 provinces as part of an Istanbul-based investigation into the Gulen movement, on Monday. State-run Anadolu news agency said warrants were issued for 106 suspects as a result of cooperative work between Istanbul police and the National Intelligence Agency (MIT). 62 of them have been detained at

Sevim Çelik, a Turkish teacher who gave birth to a baby in Ankara on Friday, was reportedly detained later the same day over alleged links to the Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. According to the Twitter account @caapulcukiz, police came to the

Turkish police claimed on Friday that Murat A., an 18-year-old Kurdish man who was detained at a checkpoint in Antalya’s Gazipaşa district, “committed suicide by jumping from a third floor window of the local police station,” the Turkish media reported. According to a report by the Diken news portal, a unit under the Gazipaşa District Gendarmerie Command

Properties belonging to 30 media outlets that the Turkish government seized under post-coup emergency rule have been put up for sale by the state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF). Dunya newspaper reported on Thursday that TMSF listed properties belonging 30 media outlets including several radio and TV stations and news agencies, and that bids for