Today In Crackdown

963 detained over alleged Gülen links in past week: ministry

A total of 963 people were detained in operations targeting the Gülen movement over the past week, according to a statement from Turkey’s Interior Ministry on Monday. The detentions took place between April 3 and 10. As a result of operations targeting left-wing terror organizations, the ministry said 76 suspects had been detained in the […]

963 detained over alleged Gülen links in past week: ministry Read More »

Rector forces university personnel to attend Erdogan’s presidential rally

Dokuz Eylul University Rectorate has asked all contracted workers at the medical faculty hospital to attend President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rally meeting in Izmir ahead of the presidential referendum. Erdogan is scheduled to take floor along with Prime Minister Binali Yildirim at a referendum rally in Izmir’s Gundogdu square on Apr 9. The rectorate issued

Rector forces university personnel to attend Erdogan’s presidential rally Read More »

Turkey issues detention warrants for 38 TRT employees over alleged coup links

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 38 people working for the state-run Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) on allegations that they have links to the Gülen movement. Turkey survived a military coup attempt on July 15 which killed over 240 people and wounded more than a thousand others. Immediately

Turkey issues detention warrants for 38 TRT employees over alleged coup links Read More »

Turkey’s communist party denied permission to hold public rally in İstanbul

The İstanbul Governor’s Office has denied permission to a public rally scheduled to be held by the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) ahead of an upcoming referendum on a constitutional reform package. Citing that “there are not enough police officers to maintain security” during the planned rally, the governor’s office also stated that another public meeting was

Turkey’s communist party denied permission to hold public rally in İstanbul Read More »

28 including students, academics, businessmen detained over coup charges

At least 28 individuals were detained as part of two separate investigations into the Gulen movement, which the government accuses of being behind the July 15 coup attempt, on Thursday. Detention warrants were issued for 21 people in a Nigde-based probe. While 14 of them have been rounded up in Nigde and Ankara so far,

28 including students, academics, businessmen detained over coup charges Read More »

Amedspor player sentenced to 19 months in jail over social media posts

Diyarbakir-based Amedspor player Deniz Naki has been given suspended prison sentence of 18 months and 22 days due to his social media posts that the judge in charge claimed to be a part of terrorist propaganda. Turkey’s broadened terror laws have targeted a football player this time around as Amedspor’s international midfielder received a suspended

Amedspor player sentenced to 19 months in jail over social media posts Read More »

Turkish police attack lawyers protesting arrest of Cumhuriyet attorneys

Newly emerged video footage shows the moment Turkish police used excessive force against a group of lawyers protesting against the arrest of attorneys representing the Cumhuriyet daily, one of Turkey’s oldest and secular newspaper with a critical stance. In the 45-second video, viewed hundreds of times on Twitter, at least 10 lawyers were dragged by

Turkish police attack lawyers protesting arrest of Cumhuriyet attorneys Read More »