Turkey Purge

The Turkish government has issued two new state of emergency decrees, known as KHKs, dismissing 922 people including 120 academics from 28 state universities across Turkey. With the dismissal of the academics, the total number of those purged since a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016 has reached 8,391. The new decrees, numbered 693 and 694, were

A Turkish court on Thursday charged American pastor Andrew Brunson, who was jailed in Turkey in October due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, with acquiring secret political and military information, attempting to destroy constitutional order and overthrow the Turkish Parliament. According to Hürriyet daily, İzmir 2nd Penal Court of Peace ruled on Thursday for the arrest of Brunson

At least 20 people including small business owners and former public workers who were earlier dismissed from their jobs over links to the Gulen movement were detained in Manisa on Wednesday. The detainees are accused of ByLock, the controversial mobile application that that government say once-primary communication tool among the followers of the movement. Turkish

Diyarbakir police detained Amedspor player Deniz Naki due to the social media posts authorities find insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Tuesday. Following a police interrogation, the footballer was released once authorities concluded that the implicated Twitter account is not used by Naki but a fan group. Earlier, Naki was given suspended prison sentence of

Ten teachers were detained in Turkey’s Malatya province as part of an investigation into the followers of the Gülen movement, on Tuesday. Detention warrants were issued for 10 teachers who were earlier dismissed from their jobs over ties to the movement. Turkey survived a military coup attempt on July 15 that killed over 240 people and wounded

Cicek Otlu, the chairman of the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) was arrested on accusations of membership to a terrorist organization on Tuesday. Otlu had been detained as part of a Tunceli-based investigation in Ankara on Monday. During her appearance before the court, Otlu said she sees the decision as a move to block her