Today In Crackdown

Abdi Aykut, who was allegedly tortured during a recent military blockade of the village of Koruköy in southeast Turkey’s Mardin province, was arrested on Wednesday night on charges of aiding a terrorist organization. Aykyut’s lawyer, Rıdvan Alp, said that despite objections due to his poor health after he was subjected to violence, the court handed […]

Twelve businessmen have been detained in Kayseri province for raising humanitarian relief for families adversely affected by an ongoing crackdown on the Gulen movement, which the government accuses of attempting a military coup on July 15, 2016. The detainees — Hanifi Y., Muaz B., Mehmet A., Altan A., Hacı Ali D., Mahmut A., Mustafa A.,

Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has submitted a list of names and mobile phone numbers of 112,000 people who use ByLock, a mobile application that Turkish authorities believe is a communication tool between members of the faith-based Gülen movement, to the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office for prosecution. According to the HaberTürk daily on Wednesday,

A Turkish court has issued a detention warrant for Kurdish journalist Rohat Aktaş, who was shot to death on Jan. 22, 2016, while reporting on efforts to help those wounded during clashes between Kurdish separatists and Turkish armed forces in the southeastern Turkish town of Cizre. Several local media outlets reported on Wednesday that a

One of the five largest sock companies in Turkey, Akın Çorap, which has an annual turnover of $50 million, has been transferred to Turkey’s state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) due to its alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement. The company’s owner, Ali Yarkın, is accused of financing the activities of the Gülen movement,

Zonguldak Police Chief Osman Ak, who was appointed to his post with a decree issued by the Turkish government after a coup attempt on July 15, has ordered that teams composed of police officers be set up to torture people detained over links to the Gülen movement, the Aktifhaber.com reported on Monday. According to the

A report by Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) shows that several families cannot reach their children in the village of Koruköy in southeastern Mardin province due to a blockade by Turkish security forces in place since Feb. 11. According to the report, an İHD delegation wanted to visit Koruköy, located in the Nusaybin district, on

A total of 855 people were detained, with 48 of them put under arrest, in operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement over the past week, according to a statement from Turkey’s Interior Ministry on Monday. The detentions and arrests took place between Feb. 21 and 27. Turkey experienced a military coup attempt on July 15

A total of twenty-three housewives and businessmen were detained over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt, Hürriyet daily reported on Monday. Detention warrants were issued for 25 Çorum individuals early on Monday. Hours later, police teams carried out simultaneous operations in the province and detained

The chairman of main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said on Sunday that a civilian coup took place in Turkey on July 20, 2016 with the declaration of state of emergency (OHAL) in the country. Talking to fellow party members in Ankara, Kılıçdaroğlu stated that he already called the failed coup attempt of