Today In Crackdown

A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and taken into custody over their alleged or real links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt. At least 236 people were arrested, while […]

An indictment concerning the now-closed pro-Kurdish daily Özgür Gündem has demanded a sentence of aggravated life in prison for author Aslı Erdoğan and linguist Necmiye Alpay on charges of allegedly disseminating terrorist propaganda and disrupting the unity of the state. İstanbul Republic Prosecutor for Media Crimes Umut Tepe drafted the indictment against the Özgür Gündem

A total of 527 companies have been transferred to the state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) since a July 15 coup attempt in Turkey, Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli told reporters on Monday. “Two hundred seventy-one of them are subsidiaries of nine large conglomerates,” Canikli said, adding that the government has confiscated 30 such holdings

Under arrest in Kocaeli’s Gebze Women’s Prison, 26-year-old Zehra Epli set herself on fire in order to what other inmates say protest arrests of Kurdish politicians. According to T24 online news outlet which cites Evrensel newspaper as its source, Epli burnt herself at the prison’s bathroom. Fellow inmates from her holding cell told lawyer associations

A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and taken into custody over their alleged or real links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt. At least 76 people were arrested, while

A 50-year-old man who was arrested following a failed coup on July 15 on charges of alleged involvement in the attempt was found dead on Tuesday in a prison in Turkey’s Kırıkkale province, the pro-gov’t daily Yeni Şafak reported. The man, whose name has not yet been released due to an ongoing investigation into the

Turkey is going through its darkest and gloomiest days in terms of rule of law, the right to a fair trial and even the most fundamental rights and liberties, which are major benchmarks for democracy. Intellectuals, journalists, critical politicians, businesspeople, celebrities and media organizations are being silenced via threats and oftentimes jailed. The recent statement of

Following the arrest of nine deputies from the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) last week, Turkey on Monday arrested one more HDP deputy in the southeastern province of Hakkari. HDP Hakkari deputy Nihat Akdoğan was detained at the Depin police checkpoint, seven kilometers from Hakkari city center. Akdoğan was subsequently brought to the Hakkari courthouse by

Fifteen people working for the İzmir Metropolitan Municipality were detained after police raided their homes on Monday morning on the grounds that they use a smart phone application known as ByLock. The municipal employees were detained as part of an investigation, overseen by the İzmir Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, into the faith-based Gülen movement, which