Turkey Purge

The government-closed Zaman newspaper’s reporter in the northwestern province of Eskişehir was sentenced to 6 years plus 3 months in prison on charges of membership to a terrorist organization on Tuesday. Mehmet Kuru, a father of one and a long-time Zaman reporter pleaded not guilty during his final hearing while the court in charge sentenced […]

A total of 23 academics and public servants have been fired from their jobs at Turkey’s Giresun University over their alleged links to the Gülen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt last year. According to the university’s dean, Cevdet Coşkun, after the coup attempt, the university management formed a committee

Bügün TV — a now-closed station known to be affiliated with Turkey’s Gülen group — has reportedly been sold to Burhanettin Türkeş, a Turkish citizen who served 74 months for his role in murder of Jewish businessman Nesim Malki. Malki, who was a businessman based in Istanbul, was killed in 1995 by gunmen who opened fire

Turkey’s leading pro-govenment dailies and journalists hang the flags out after Turkish teacher Mesut Kacmaz and his family were forcefully deported by Pakistani government to Turkey at the Turkish government’s request despite the family’s asylum certificates granted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Mesut Kaçmaz, his wife Meral Kaçmaz along with their two children were

Çağrı Sarı, the managing editor of leftist daily Evrensel has been given 11 months 20 days prison sentence for insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. According to the daily, Sarı found guilty for insulting the president in a column she publish on January 30, 2017. According to the court the following sentence is an insult to

Osman Kavala, one of Turkey’s  most prominent businessmen and the chairman of İstanbul-based Anadolu Kültür Association, has been taken into custody by Turkish police upon his arrival to İstanbul’s Atatürk airport late on Wednesday night. According to T24 news portal, Kavala was detained upon his return from a visit to Gaziantep. The businessman was reportedy detained

Some interpreters, interviewers and security personnel within the Germany’s federal immigration authority (BAMF) are accused of leaking information regarding Turkish asylum claimants to the media outlets close to the President Recep Erdogan’s government in Turkey. A number of recent Turkish asylum claimants in Germany have been defamed as terrorist in the Turkish media shortly after their

An indictment seeking up to 15 years in prison for 11 prominent human rights defenders, including Amnesty Turkey’s director İdil Eser, has been accepted by the İstanbul 35th High Criminal Court, the Diken news agency reported on Tuesday. Charges against the Amnesty International-related human rights activists are reported to include “membership in a terrorist organization.” Charges

The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued detention warrants for 58 people on accusations that they linked with the Kimse Yok Mu aid organization affiliated with Turkey’s Gülen group, state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Tuesday . According to the story, 31 of 58 people were detained during police operations in ten provinces across Turkey. The