Today In Crackdown

76-year-old Abdullah Nefes and 73-year-old Selah Özakın, the two veteran Turkish poets are set to kick off a hunger strike on May 29, protesting the recent arrests of Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakaça, two dismissed educators who were imprisoned on the 76th day of their own hunger strike this week. Gülmen was fired from Konya […]

Fourteen teachers were detained in a Manisa-based investigation into the Gulen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, on Thursday morning. According to state-run Anadolu news agency, the detainees included those who were earlier dismissed from their jobs under post-coup emergency rule. Meanwhile, 9 teachers were put in pre-trial

Mustafa Emre Çabuk, a Turkish teacher with a valid Georgian residence permit, was detained by Georgian officials on May 24 upon a request by Turkish government, according to wife Tuba Çabuk. Police teams came to the house of Çabuk family and detained the husband despite having no criminal record in Georgia, Çabuk’s wife said in

A total of 879 companies with a total value of TL 40.3 billion [$11.32] billion in assets have either been transferred to Turkey’s state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF), or trustees have been appointed to their management by the government since a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016, data from the TMSF have revealed.

Two doctors, a nurse and a former public servant were sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison each on accusation of membership to Gulen movement, on Wednesday. Turkish authorities accuse the movement of masterminding the July 15ö 2016 coup attempt and calls it a terrorist organization. The movement denies any involvement. Doctors H.K.

Sultan Özakça and Esra Özakça, the mother and wife of Semih Özakça, a fired educator who was detained early on Monday morning along with Nuriye Gülmen in the 75th day of a hunger strike protesting the loss of their jobs, were also detained on Monday in Ankara after they announced they were starting a hunger

Detention warrants were issued for 144 people as part of an Istanbul-based operation against the Gulen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, on Tuesday. The investigation reportedly targets the movement followers with alleged ties to the military officials. Meanwhile, detention warrants were issued for another 38 over similar

At least eight lawyers in the Kayseri province were detained as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown on Tuesday. The detainees are accused of having used ByLock, a smarthphone application that Turkish prosecutors claim to be the top communication tool among the Gülen movement followers. The government accuses the movement of masterminding the July 15 coup