Today In Crackdown

Bilal T., a Turkish citizen who was arrested over his alleged use of a smartphone messaging application called ByLock, has walked free after nearly 7 months behind bars. The prosecutor had accused Bilal for using the mobile application that Turkish authorities believe is a communication tool between members of the Gülen movement, which the government […]

A total of 104 suspects including professors and personnel at Mustafa Kemal University (MKÜ) were detained in Hatay-based operation against the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of to be behind the July 15 coup attempt. Police carried out operations to round up 104 people in 11 cities: Hatay, İstanbul, Ankara, Gaziantep, Manisa, Adana, Antalya,

A Kayseri court ruled on the arrest of 12 female teachers over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of to be behind the July 15 coup attempt, on Wednesday, March 8 or the Women’s Day. 21 female teachers were referred to court with arrest request on Tuesday. While 12 of

Nationalist politicians Ümit Özdağ and Yusuf Halaçoğlu were attacked while they were set to deliver speeches as part of a campaign for a “no” vote in an upcoming referendum, at Bahçeşehir University on Wednesday. Two are known for their critical stance against the the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli who support Yes campaign

Hamza Uluçay, a translator who has served for long years at the US Consulate in the southern province of Adana, has been arrested on charges of membership in a terror organization. Uluçay was briefly detained on Feb. 23 as part of an investigation into the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) conducted by the Mardin Chief Public

The detention of Aydin Sefa Akay, a judge with the Mechanism for the International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), was referred to the United Nations Security Council on Monday, Reuters reported. According to the report, Turkey is infringing on the judicial independence of a United Nations war crimes tribunal by holding one of its judges in detention

Mehmet Tosun, a 29-year-old Turkish judge who was expelled from his job and subsequently arrested over alleged involvement in the coup attempt, died of cancer in prison on Monday morning. “Mehmet Tosun, 29 year-old, a judge of Council of State. Dismissed with a decree, arrested, got sick in prison, died yesterday, buried today,” Hüseyin Aygün, a former

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued on Sunday to criticize Germany and Deniz Yücel, the arrested reporter of German daily Die Welt, saying Yücel is not a journalist but a terrorist. “Chancellor [Merkel] told me when she came here… She said, ‘You have a detained journalist [Deniz Yücel]. We would be happy if you release

Zehra Doğan, a Turkish painter and reporter for the now-closed Dicle news agency, has been given a prison sentence of two years, nine months, 22 days for painting the destruction caused by operations carried out in the Nusaybin district of Mardin province by Turkish security forces against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). “I was given

Turkish nationals perceived to be critical of the government are being denied consular services abroad, according to the newly-established monitoring group Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF). The group documented specific cases of service denials, keeping identities of the complaints anonymous. “In one case, a Turkish citizen living in Paris was denied an affidavit for parental consent for