Turkey Purge

A Kirsehir court handed down 10-year prison term each to seven people who used to work as managers at the student dormitories, closed over their links to the Gulen movement, on Oct 4. During the final hearing of a trial against the movement in the central Anatolian province of Kirsehir, eight former dormitory managers including

Fifteen people in Kahramanmaras province were detained as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement, which the government accuses of leading the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, on Monday. State-run Anadolu news agency reported that 15 suspects including doctors, students and teachers were rounded up over their alleged use of the ByLock application, which Turkish

There has been no trace of Turkish teacher Mesut Kacmaz and his family since they were abducted by a group of people in police uniforms in Pakistan 15 days ago. Kacmaz’s parents, worried over the safety of their children, are seeking help from the United Nations. [VIDEO] Parents seek UN help as no news from

An Ankara prosecutor has launched a probe against 7 people including Kezban Şaçılık, the septuagenarian mother of the dismissed civil servant Veli Şaçılık. Veli Saçılık is a former political prisoner and public servant who was sacked by government decree in the aftermath of a July 15 coup attempt in Turkey. He has been staging protests

Amid visa crisis with the US over the arrest of a Turkish national working at the İstanbul Consulate General last week, media reported that Turkish authorities issued detention warrant for another US consulate staff on Sunday morning. According to a report by Hurriyet daily, Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued a detention warrant for a

At least 809 people were detained as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement over the past week. In a written statement on Monday, the Interior Ministry said 809 people were rounded up in operations targeting the Gülen movement in between Oct 2 to 9. Turkish government accuses the movement of masterminding the July 15, 2016

An indictment prepared against 11 rights defenders including Amnesty International’s (AI) Turkey Director İdil Eser seek 15 years in jail for each of the suspects over terror charges. The human rights activists were detained during a workshop at a hotel on İstanbul’s Büyükada on July 5. While three of them were later released pending trial,

A Malatya-based couple, identified with initials H.Y. and I.Y., were detained along with their two kids near Greek border in Edirne province, on Friday. The family was reportedly on their way to escape Turkey to Greece as they fear government persecution in the aftermath of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. H.Y. worked as a teacher at