Turkey Purge

Zafer Biryol, a former top scorer at Turkey’s national football league was detained as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement early Friday. The footballer turned soccer coach was detained at Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office, media said. Biryol scored 25 goals in 34 matches he showed up under Konyaspor jersey and was honored the […]

Turkish police on Friday detained 22 former and current academics and staff members at İstanbul-based Marmara University as part of an investigation into the Gülen group, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. According to the report the Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 42 academics and staff at the university on accusations

The Commercial Court of First Instance in Istanbul ruled late Friday for the bankruptcy of Gülen-linked Bank Asya, which had its banking license cancelled after the last year’s coup attempt. In the aftermath of a failed military coup attempt on July 15, 2016, the Turkish government closed down Bank Asya on the grounds that it

The Manisa High Criminal Court has, one more time, ruled for continuation of the imprisonment of an 81-year-old Turkish man with walking and speaking difficulties, several Turkish media outlets reported. According to information provided by family members, Mustafa Türk is confined with 28 others in a prison cell with a capacity for 14. The man, named Mustafa Türk, was

Pro-government Yeni Akit newspaper columnist Abdurrahman Dilipak alleged that Bitcoin is a secret communication tool used by followers of the Gulen movement. His claim came in response to public outrage over Turkish government’s jailing of thousands of people for simply using a messaging app, ByLock. “Let’s us keep in mind that these FETO supporters have

Murat Gulen, a 60-year-old villager and a relative of Fethullah Gulen was detained after he was revealed questioning the government’s narrative over the July 15, 2016 coup attempt during a video interview by the pro-government Ihlas News Agency. On Thursday, Ihlas published the video recording, filmed in Fethullah Gulen’s hometown of Korucuk village, and media

A 37-year-old Swiss-Turkish national, identified with his initials E.D., was remanded in prison after he was detained upon a complaint that he was preparing to escape to Greece. Media reported that E.D. was caught preparing for an illegal departure from Turkey’s resort quarter of Bodrum to the Greek island of Kos. An arrest warrant was

The German LGBT Film Days which was due to run tomorrow in Turkish Capital Ankara, has been banned by the Ankara Governor’s Office over “possible incitement of hatred and hostility among people”. According to Turkish media, the festival, scheduled to be held on 16-17 November in Ankara, has been cancelled after the governor’s office received