Turkey Purge

At least 17 people were detained as part of an Aksaray-based investigation into the Gulen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15,2016 coup attempt, on Tuesday. An Aksaray prosecutor issued detention warrants for 18 individuals who were earlier removed from their jobs under post-coup emergency rule. Police carried out operations in Aksaray

At least 11 businessmen were detained as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement in the central Anatolian province of Konya, on Tuesday. Arrest warrants were issued for 17 business professionals and police rounded up 11 of the suspects, who are accused of having used ByLock mobile app. Police still seek the remaining 6 people. Turkish

At least 970 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 970 people were rounded up in operations targeting the Gülen movement in between Sept 18 and 25. Turkish government accuses the movement of masterminding the July

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Bursa deputy Ceyhun İrgil has said the Turkish government is blacklisting employees who worked at places closed down by government decree and employees who were fired by their employers due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, accused of mounting a coup attempt in Turkey last year. According to

An 8-year-old boy was stripped of his T-shirt that bore the words ‘Super Dad’ during a visit to his father, under arrest for at least 14 months in Turkish government’s post-coup dragnet. A recent tip submitted to Magdur Mesajları, a Twitter account known for solidarity postings for Turkey’s post-coup rights victims, has allegedly shown that

Mustafa Kaya, the district director of national education in Izmir’s Seferihisar was taken into custody over his picture taken near a ‘hero’ graffiti, on Friday. Kaya is accused of having links to the Gulen movement, which the government blames for the July 15, 2016 coup attempt. The movement denies involvement. According to Dogan news agency,

The number of German citizens in Turkish prisons have increased by one on Sept 15, according to Deutsche Welle. Martin Schaefer, a German foreign ministry spokesman, announced on Sept 11 that a German couple of Turkish origin was detained at an İstanbul airport. While the woman was immediately released on judicial supervision, her husband was