Today In Crackdown

A total of 16,409 students have been sacked from military schools as part of the the government’s post-coup purge, according to National Defense Minister Fikri Işık. “4,090 students from military high schools; 6,140 students from non-commissioned officer colleges; and 6,179 undergraduate students (those from Turkish military academy, naval academy, air force academy, Gulhane military medical […]

Munise Gülen, a fourth-year sociology student in Manisa province who were earlier briefly detained over her family ties to the Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, has been arrested this time around. The persecution did not stay limited to the 23-year-old’s imprisonment, as she was also dismissed from the university and her mother was too put behind

Turkey’s Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has launched an auction to sell out some properties belonging to Izmir-based Kavuklar Group, the conglomerate seized as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown against the Gülen movement. The government accuses the movement of to be behind the July 15 coup attempt. Established in 1970, Kavuklar has interests in automotive,

A total of 17 health workers, including doctors and nurses, were arrested late on March19 in Kayseri province as part of an investigation into the coup attempt of July 15. According to the Hürriyet daily, counter-terrorism police rounded up health workers working at Kayseri state hospital. The suspects were brought to the police department for interrogation.

Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Işık stated that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government dismissed a total of 22,920 military personnel after a coup attempt on July 15, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Friday. In response to a question by Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Muharrem İnce, Işık said 6,511 officers and

A total of 740 people have been detained as part of operations across Turkey against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the Ministry of Interior Affairs announced on Saturday. According to the statement, the operations aimed to prevent urban terrorist attacks by the PKK. The Minister of Interior Affairs Süleyman Soylu also stated that over

The Turkish government has arrested a total of 84 co-mayors from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) in the past couple of months while seizing the administration of 54 municipalities across southern Turkey. The pro-Kurdish DBP won 103 municipalities in local elections held on March 30, 2014, with some repeated on June 1, 2014. However,

Detention warrants were issued for 23 dismissed judges and prosecutors in İzmir as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement and a failed coup attempt on July 15. Out of the 23 jurists for whom detention warrants were issued, 20 had been taken into custody as of Saturday noon by police in İzmir after raids

Mehmed Özkan, the controversially-appointed rector of Turkey’s prestigious Boğaziçi University has cancelled a scheduled speech by Selin Sayek Böke, the spokesperson of the main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP). Böke was set to deliver a speech titled “Leadership in the new economy,” during a two-day summit organized by a student club at the university on March

Over 90,000 military personnel are likely to face investigation over their links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt, according to Cumhuriyet daily. Turkey has already dismissed 23,000 military members in the aftermath of July 15. According to information Cumhuriyet obtained from the Ankara Public Prosecutor’s Office,