Today In Crackdown

A total of twenty-two businessmen and shopkeepers were detained over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt, the CNN Turk reported on Tuesday. Detention warrants were issued for 26 Bandırma individuals early on Tuesday. Hours later, police teams carried out simultaneous operations in the district and […]

Turkish pianist Dengin Ceyhan was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in social media posts. He had been in detention since Feb. 14. Known for his criticism of the government, Ceyhan played the piano during the Gezi Park protests of 2013 and supported academics who had signed a peace petition. However,

At least 127,000 public servants have been dismissed from state bodies, while around 146,000 have been investigated either over alleged involvement in a coup attempt on July 15, or having links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the attempted coup. According to the pro-government daily Sabah, after Turkish President Recep Tayyip

A total of 21 businessmen were taken into custody as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt, the pro-gov’t daily Sabah reported on Tuesday. Detention warrants were issued for 24 people who are alleged to have ties with Antalya-based business associations that had

The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) stripped Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Figen Yüksekdağ of her parliamentary status on Tuesday. Yüksekdağ has been in jail for almost three months over alleged links to a terrorist organization.  

A Turkish court ruled for the arrest of a total of 22 police officers on Tuesday over alleged links to the Gülen movement, the pro-gov’t Sabah daily has reported. According to the report, 23 police officers were detained on Feb. 16 in simultaneous raids across Çankırı. Of those, 22 were sent to jail on early

Turkish digital platform Digitürk has removed the movie “No,” which tells the story of a plebiscite in Chile in 1988 on the removal of dictator Augusto Pinochet, from its lineup as Turkey campaigns for votes in an April 16 referendum on constitutional amendments that will open the way to a switch from a parliamentary system

The Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) dismissed 227 judges and prosecutors from their over their alleged links to the Gülen movement Turkish government accuses the movement of masterminding of the July 15 coup attempt. Some 4,000 judges and prosecutors have lost their jobs while many of them have been arrested since July 15.      

Samet Sarı, a university student and member of the main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) youth branch, was arrested on Monday on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The İstanbul 5th Penal Court of Peace was not convinced by Sarı’s testimony that the Twitter account which is subject to insult charges does not belong

The newly appointed administration of Turkey’s largest Kurdish city, Diyarbakır dismissed 37 teachers and employees at Zarokistan kindergarten. Diyarbakır is among the tens of municipalities the government has seized as part of its crackdown against Kurdish population in recent months. Trustees have been appointed to dozens of municipalities while hundreds of local Kurdish politicians have