Today In Crackdown

At least seventeen already-purged teachers, businessmen and housewives were detained over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt, the TRT Haber news portal reported on Sunday. Detention warrants were issued for at least 25 individuals early on Feb 16. Hours later, police teams carried out simultaneous

A local governor in the Hayrabolu district of Tekirdağ province was detained on Saturday over alleged links to the Gülen movement, as part of an ongoing purge in Turkey. Governor Kürşad Özdemir was detained for using a smart phone application named ByLock, which according to the government is evidence of links to the Gülen movement.

Emrah Özge Yelken, the public prosecutor in Afyon’s Dinar district issued detention warrants for 21 women including mothers of newborn babies as well as elderly citizens, as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement on Friday. Turkish media reported that police rounded up all 21 women the same day. According to several social media

Defending a recent purge of academics, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said academics must also pay the price of their mistakes just as others do, Hürriyet reported. Three hundred thirty academics were dismissed from their jobs by a government decree issued on Feb. 7. “If politicians, bureaucrats and technocrats must pay the price for the crimes

Turkish consulate officials have spied on the critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan not only in Germany but also in other countries including Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Belgium, German news magazine Der Spiegel reported. In its recent issue published on Saturday, Der Spiegel released an inclusive research about Turkey’s recent profiling activities across the

Eleven people were detained in Turkey’s Aegean resort district of Çeşme while they were on their way to escape to the Greek island of Chios. Detainees include Ş.U. and O.D., academics who were dismissed from Kars Kağızman University and Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University respectively. State-run Anadolu Agency reported that the rest of the detainees are the family members

Seven academics who were earlier dismissed from Sakarya University as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement were arrested over their use of ByLock mobile application. The suspects are accused of using the ByLock smart phone application, which according to prosecutors, is the top communication tool among members of the Gülen movement, accused by

Infamous Turkish imams who were accused of profiling critics and opponents of Turkey’s president in Netherlands, Austria and Germany, which prompted investigations by authorities, have footprints in Nordic country, Norway, as well. The Norwegian Islamist religious organizations that are affiliated with Turkish government and its Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) are reportedly involved in unlawful profiling

Twenty businessmen and educators were detained over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt, the TRT Haber news portal reported on Thursday. Detention warrants were issued for 38 Bursa individuals early on Thursday. Hours later, police teams carried out simultaneous operations in Bursa province and detained