Today In Crackdown

Istanbul police fired tear gas and plastic bullets to disperse thousands of women who tried to march along the city’s main pedestrian avenue to mark International Women’s Day on Friday evening. Thousands of women gathered near İstiklal Street in İstanbul’s famed Taksim neighborhood for a march that police said was unauthorized. The march, named “March […]

Semra Turan, a reporter for the Mezopotamya news agency, was taken into custody in the eastern Turkish province of Tunceli on Wednesday, the agency reported. Turan was detained during a police raid on his house in the early hours of Wednesday. The reporter was taken to the Tunceli Police Department, although authorities did not issue

Hakan Sukur’s father in law Mustafa Sertbas has been detained over a power of attorney the former football star issued for him, media said Monday. Sertbas was caught when a notary public in Istanbul’s Beyoglu where he had planned to get the power of attorney reported him to the police. The father-in-law faces 7.5 years

Turkey’s state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) Chairman Muhiddin Gülal said Monday 932 companies that were earlier confiscated over Gulen links are now under TMSF’s control. Gulal said the companies are valued at TL 21.2 billion ($3.9 billion) and have TL 57.9 billion ($10.8 billion) in assets. The number of confiscated companies was 1,032, according

An Ankara man has reported his daughter to police for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan only to be informed on over the exact same accusation. “My daughter, A.T.C., sent the attached email to me on Oct 10, 2018, around 13.05 pm. My daughter A.T.C. insulted our President and myself. I was offended. I kindly request

Turkey’s Interior Ministry has paid more than 19 million Turkish lira to 249 people who provided information leading to the arrest or were instrumental in the death of supporters of the faith-based Gülen movement, a pro-government newspaper reported on Tuesday. A report by Burak Doğan in Yeni Şafak stated that the program is titled “Homeland

Eyüp Sabri Ertekin, former president of the Sanliurfa Chamber of Commerce was sentenced to 11 years, 10 months and 15 days in jail over ties to the Gulen movement. Appearing before the court for his final hearing, Ertekin was convicted of membership to the Gulen movement, a broadened terroism charge the Turkish government often uses

Turkey’s Flash TV, one of the leading entertainment-focused TV channels, has stopped broadcasting due to political pressure by the government and economic hardship. Established in 1992, the station is Turkey’s one of the first private television channels. Flash TV is known for its broadcasts of traditional halay dancing and match-making programs. In a written statement

Turkish riot police used force to disperse a group of university students who held a commemoration ceremony for a slain leftist student at İstanbul University’s Beyazıt campus on Friday. According to the artıgercek news portal, riot police intervened with shields and detained seventeen of the attendees. Some students were injured in the fray. Önder Balat,

A total of 486 military members have been fired due to alleged links to the Gülen group since the end of a state of emergency declared after a 2016 coup attempt, the state-owned Anadolu news agency reported. According to the report, 90 members of the land forces, 77 from the naval forces have been relieved