Today In Crackdown

Fethullah Gülen’s nephew Şamil Gülen was detained as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt, on Tuesday. Şamil is accused of membership to a terrorist organization as the government labels the movement as terrorist. 36-year-old nephew spent 11 days under police custody before he […]

A lawyer representing Önder Asan, a private school teacher who was allegedly abducted by unidentified persons in Ankara on April 1, has been detained for refusing to sign a false testimony prepared by the police on behalf of his client, the Aktifhaber news portal reported on Tuesday. It has recently emerged that Asan was handed

At least 46 people were detained in Manisa province as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement, on early Wednesday. Accused of using ByLock smartphone application, the detainees included many public servants. ByLock is considered by Turkish authorities to be the top communication tool among followers of the Gülen movement, which is accused by

As part of a government witch-hunt targeting people allegedly linked to the Gülen group, 93 police officers who were dismissed from their jobs following a failed coup attempt on July 15 have been detained, Cumhuriyet reported on Wednesday. According to the report, 93 former police chiefs have been detained in 16 provinces across Turkey as

A professor and a journalist who stood trial separately for serving as “editor-in-chief on duty” for the pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem daily were handed down suspended sentences of 15 months and 18 months, respectively, on charges of disseminating the propaganda of a terrorist organization. Professor Beyza Üstün and journalist Ekrem Murat Çelikkan were among a group

A 39-year-old football coach was arrested on Tuesday over alleged links to the Gülen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. According to a story in the Hürriyet daily on Tuesday, coach Şaban Yıldırım, who was detained by police over the weekend, was sent to prison in

Thirty-three health personnel including the chief physician of a hospital and a nutritionist were detained as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement in the eastern province of Adiyaman, on Monday. According to state-run Anadolu news agency, 33 suspects are accused of taking part in the movement’s alleged organization within the health industry. Turkish

Access to the website of the Turkey’s only Kurdish-language printed daily newspaper, Rojeva Medya was blocked to Turkish internet users on May 11, according to media. Effective as of May 11, Turkish Telecommunications Authority (BTK) has blocked access to rojevamedya.com as part of an “administrative measure.” Established in Nov 11, 2016, Rojeva Medya is the only

Istanbul Municipality has shut down its 1453 Culture and Art Magazine for featuring in its last issue a graffiti that reads: “Erdo-gone! Inshallah mashallah.” According to a statement on Tuesday by Kultur Inc, the municipality-owned enterprise that publishes the magazine, the publication was closed down for “bounderish, disrespectful and provocative content.” The statement also said

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 85 people working at Turkey’s education and energy ministries over alleged links to the Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup attempt on July 15. Sixty of the individuals work for the Energy Ministry, while 25 work at the Education Ministry,