Today In Crackdown

Newly emerged video footage shows the moment a group of Umrah pilgrims from Turkey publicly vows to vote ‘yes’ in a referendum on proposed constitutional amendments that will officially bring an executive presidential system to Turkey in early April. During the 40-second video, a group of around thirty congregants say amen in response to the prayer of a Turkish imam, […]

A pro-Kurdish district mayor in the eastern province of Ağrı has been arrested as part of a terrorism probe. Pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) mayor in Ağrı’s Tutak district Fırat Öztürk was among 18 people who were detained in a police operation on Jan. 23 on charges of “aiding and abetting a terror organization.” The

Former TRT presenter Hamza Günerigök, who was on a list of suspects to be arrested in an investigation targeting the Gülen movement, was arrested on Monday after he was caught near the Greek border. Günerigök was detained by border units of the Turkish military while trying to illegally leave Turkey. Günerigök was referred to court in

Detention warrants issued for a total of 10 officers and five civilians at the Air Forces Command over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement. The detention warrants were issued on Monday by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office. According to the media outlets, police teams conducted simultaneous operations in eight provinces across Turkey,

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Meral Danış Beştaş was arrested by an Adana court on Monday as part of a terror investigation targeting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Beştaş was detained in Adana on Jan. 28 on charges of alleged links to a terrorist organization. She was released pending trial early on Jan. 30;

The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ayhan Bilgen was detained early on Sunday as part of the crackdown against Turkey’s Kurdish political movement. Bilgen, the spokesperson of the HDP, tweeted that he was taken into custody at Ankara’s Esenboğa Airport ahead of his flight to İstanbul on Sunday morning. “I was just detained at

Hatice Bender, a muhtar, or neighborhood head, who did not participate in meetings held for muhtars in the palace of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was arrested for insulting statesmen on her social media account, the Cumhuriyet daily reported on Saturday. “A new article has been invented that does not exist in the TCK [Turkish Penal

A total of 15 police officers were detained in Sakarya province on Sunday over alleged links to the Gülen movement, the Habertürk daily has reported. Police officers are detained on charges of using ByLock, a smart phone application that authorities believe is a communication tool between members of the Gülen movement. In a similar vein,

Thirty-four housewives were arrested by a Turkish court on Saturday due to alleged use of a smart phone application called ByLock and links to the Gülen movement, which the Turkish government blames for a failed coup last July, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. According to the report, police detained a total of 55 women

Turkish police on Saturday detained a total of twenty-eight businessmen and teachers in Ağrı over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the Turkish government blames for a failed coup last July, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. According to the report, among the detainees there are also two university students and they are reportedly