Today In Crackdown

Eleven prison guards were detained in an İzmir-based operation on Monday targeting alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement for their use of a smart phone application. As part of an investigation initiated by the İzmir Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, police conducted searches in locations in İzmir, Çorum and Rize provinces and detained 11 prison […]

Co-founder and chairman of Turkey’s prominent Search and Rescue Association (AKUT) Nasuh Mahruki, who was referred to court for arrest on Monday on insult charges, has been released on judicial probation. Mahruki announced from his Twitter account on Monday that he had been referred to court for arrest on charges of insulting the country’s president.

A Balıkesir prosecutor who died back in May was suspended from his job in a government decree issued under post-coup emergency rule on Aug. 31. Ahmet Biçer was among hundreds of prosecutors who were suspended over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of orchestrating a July 15 coup attempt. In a

The first indictment prepared by a prosecutor in İstanbul into a failed coup attempt on July 15 seeks three consecutive life sentences for 21 police officers on coup charges and up to 15-year prison sentences for eight police officers on terrorism charges. The indictment, prepared by İstanbul public prosecutor Evliya Çalışkan, has been accepted by

In response to attempts by the Turkish government to defend a state of emergency currently in effect in Turkey by making comparisons to France, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Monday rejected any similarity between the two, saying that in his country the courts are independent, even during the state of emergency. Speaking during a

At least 34 academics and administrative staff from the now-closed-down Canik Başarı University, located in Samsun, were detained in an operation on Monday involving 220 police officers in nine provinces. Police carried out operations in Samsun, Ankara, Adana, Trabzon, İstanbul, Mersin, Isparta, Kastamonu and Muğla and took 29 suspects into custody as part of an investigation

An open forum that was to host a discussion about the legal basis of Turkey’s post-coup-attempt emergency rule at Ankara University’s law faculty has been cancelled by the university board, which based its decision on a recent notice from the Ankara Governor’s Office that said such meetings were prohibited until Nov. 30. The Perspective Students

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has called on members of the Turkish  judiciary to speed up trials related to the July 15 failed coup attempt  and not wait for collection of evidence against the alleged members of the faith-based Gülen movement, which is accused by the government of masterminding the failed coup. “Investigations about FETÖ

The Istanbul Bar Association has turned down sympathizers of the Gülen movement who requested lawyers for their hearings in the post-coup trials, the outgoing president Ümit Kocasakal said on Saturday. In his speech during a general assembly meeting, Kocasakal proudly admitted that the association refused to serve people who face legal action as part of

A niece and a nephew of the Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has joined the ranks of the cleric’s other relatives who were imprisoned as part of the government’s post-coup witch hunt. H.G. and B.G. was detained in İzmir for using ByLock mobile app, which Turkish prosecutors claim a primary tool among sympathizers of the Gülen