Today In Crackdown

Access to internet has been blocked at the offices of the Ankara University academics who were dismissed after a government decree on Tuesday, according to Duvar news portal. The academics found out the shutdown when they were packing their belongings on Wednesday and the internet shutdown was ordered only a day after the dismissals by […]

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputy chairman Erol Kaya said investigations launched against 820 party members over their links to faith-based Gülen movement that government accuse of being behind a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. Speaking to pro-government Sabah daily on Tuesday, Kaya said seven AK Party mayors out 63 who

An Ankara court on Thursday ruled for continuation of the imprisonment of journalist Ayşenur Parıldak, who has been behind bars for six months. Parıldak, a 27-year-old reporter from the now-closed Zaman daily, appeared in court in the first hearing of her trial on Thursday. She was arrested on Aug. 11, 2016 on the Ankara University

Eight individuals including Professor Mehmet Ali Malas, dean of the faculty of medicine at Katip Çelebi University in İzmir, were detained on Thursday due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement. Turkey experienced a military coup attempt on July 15 that killed over 240 people and wounded more than a thousand others. Immediately after

Following the most recent decree issued by the Turkish government on Tuesday night that purged a large number of civil servants, no professors are left to teach 24 undergraduate courses at Ankara University’s department of political science, with 50 master’s students also stranded without a supervisor. The Cumhuriyet daily reported the announcement of Professor Ayhan

One hundred fifteen out of 330 academics who were dismissed from their jobs by a government decree issued on Tuesday are signatories of a peace declaration criticizing curfews declared in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish southeastern districts in 2015. According to the Diken news portal, the new decree, numbered 686, purged a total of 4,464 civil servants from

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will have the right to carry out five 10-minute official campaign broadcasts on TV and radio for the upcoming referendum on charter amendments, while opposition parties will only enjoy two speeches with the same duration. The charter amendment referendum law allows the four

Turkey’s Education Ministry has decided to destroy at least 216,233 copies of math and science textbooks published by publishing houses affiliated with the Gülen movement, according to Hürriyet daily. Turkish government is proven anew to know no boundaries in taking paranoiac steps against its perceived enemies. Since the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pinned the blame

Twenty-two out of 28 administrative and academic staff members from İstanbul Technical University (İTÜ) who were referred to court for arrest on Monday due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement were arrested on Tuesday. The İTÜ staff members are accused of using a smart phone application known as ByLock, according to Turkish authorities.

With a new state of emergency decree issued on Tuesday, the Turkish government has dismissed 2,585 teachers, public servants from the Ministry of Education, 417 police officers from the Security General Directorate and 893 others from the Gendarmerie General Command. According to the new decree, numbered 686, a total of 4,464 civil servants have been