Today In Crackdown

B.N.M., a freshman high school student killed herself allegedly after being bullied by classmates and lecturers over her teacher father’s dismissal from the profession due to his ties to the Gülen movement, on Oct. 24. Father S.M. was sacked from his job at Boyabat Şehit Ersoy Gürsu High School over his alleged links to the movement, in […]

N.V., a Diyarbakır judge who was suspended over his alleged links to the Gülen movement, was detained while he was on his way to flee from Turkey to Greece, on Oct. 26. According to Turkish media, N.V. was detained by police in the resort town of Bodrum at Turkey’s Aegean coasts, a popular departure spot

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. At least 110 people were arrested, while 196 others were detained over the past 24 hours, according to Turkish news agencies. Police carried out the operations in at

Turkey’s Social Security Institution (SGK) has cut the access of 400 pharmacies across Turkey to the electronic prescription system, which enables them to sell medicine and receive payments, over alleged Gülen movement links. The SGK excluded 400 pharmacies from the electronic system known as Medula, which effectively prevents them from doing business. The pharmacies that

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. At least 154 people were arrested, while 218 others were detained over the past 24 hours, according to Turkish news agencies. Police carried out the operations in at

A popular Twitter user with the user name “JeansBiri” was identified and detained in Gaziantep province in southeastern Turkey on Thursday for starting a hashtag on the social media platform about a call from a pro-Justice and Development Party (AK Party) figure for the arming of party members. The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued

The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) will revoke the citizenship of followers of the faith-based Gülen movement who sought refuge abroad due to a government crackdown on alleged movement sympathizers if they do not return to Turkey within a certain period of time, the pro-government Sabah daily reported on Thursday. In recent remarks President

Turkey’s Interior Ministry on Friday dismissed a total of 265 military officers, 153 from the Gendarmerie Forces Command and 112 from Coast Guard Command, on the grounds that they have links with the Gülen movement. The Gendarmerie Forces Command and the Coast Guard Command were transferred to the Interior Ministry from the General Staff in July.

Turkey’s Defense Ministry announced on Friday that a total of 195 personnel, 158 of whom are officers, have been dismissed from the Land Forces Command and Naval Forces Command on the grounds that they have links to the Gülen movement. Turkey experienced a military coup attempt on July 15 that killed over 240 people and

Serdar Seyidoğlu, the general manager of the Seyidoğlu Baklava chain, who was detained over his alleged links to the Gülen movement on Oct.1, was arrested on Friday evening in İstanbul. Seyidoğlu is accused of membership in an armed terror organization. The government earlier arrested the company’s chairman, Mustafa Seyidoğlu, on the same grounds. A large