Today In Crackdown

Zülfikar Tekirdağ, a Supreme Court of Appeals member who were detained as part of a government witch hunt shortly after July 15, has been released after he said in his testimony to a court in charge that he knows President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in person. “I was named as a Court of Appeals member in […]

A Turkish court ruled for the arrest of a pro-Kurdish Dicle news agency (DİHA) reporter on Friday on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), according to Evrensel daily. Police teams reportedly raided Abdullah Kaya’s house in Ağrı’s Diyadin district on Jan 18. After keeping him under detention for 3 days,

Detention warrants have been issued for 180 members of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) on charges of using ByLock, a smart phone application that authorities believe is a communication tool between members of the Gülen movement. Out of the 180 TSK personnel for whom detention warrants have been issued, 123 of them are from the

An indictment prepared by an İstanbul public prosecutor seeks a jail sentence of up to seven years, three months for journalist Hüsnü Mahalli on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Mahalli was arrested on Dec. 15. The indictment prepared by İstanbul Public Prosecutor Can Tuncay also accuses Mahalli of insulting public officials. The minimum

Eighty-six police officers and courthouse staff members were detained across several Turkish provinces on Friday 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, 37 police

Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP) lawmaker Pervin Buldan was taken to hospital after she was kicked in chest by the ruling Justice and Development Party deputy Gökçen Özdoğan Enç, during a brawl at the Parliament on Thursday. Tension was escalated at Turkish parliament as an independent deputy Aylin handcuffed herself to the lectern after her request to

Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 243 military personnel over their alleged use of ByLock, a smartphone messaging application which the government claims to be the top communication tool of the Gülen movement, on Wednesday. The government accuses the movement of organizing a coup attempt on July 15 while the latter denies

Kadir Güntepe, former governor of the Beytüşşebap district of the southeastern province of Şırnak, was detained on charges of using ByLock, a smart phone application that authorities believe is a communication tool between members of the Gülen movement. Police teams reportedly conducted a search of a house belonging to Güntepe and seized some documents. Media

Turkish police continue to detain more people from all walks of life over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15. In İzmir, a total of 41 civilians were detained on Tuesday on charges of using ByLock, a smart phone application that authorities believe

Serkan Gölge, a 36-year-old physicist and research scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the US, has been held under solitary confinement in Turkey over coup charges. Dual citizen of the US and Turkey, Gölge was detained as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of organizing a