Today In Crackdown

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Saturday that the government will imprison people connected to the Gülen movement unless they become informant about the activities of the movement. In yet another threat against the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt, Erdoğan said:” O Members of FETÖ and people […]

The former president of the Judges and Prosecutors Association (YARSAV) Mustafa Arslan has been missing since he was detained by Turkish police under the post-coup emergency rules on Wednesday. A group of lawyers representing Arslan stated in a petition to the prosecutor in charge in Ankara that they want to know whereabouts of their client

Turkish human rights watchdog Human Rights Association (İHD) said in a report on Friday that there are nearly 220,000 people in Turkey’s prisons which is more than 20 percent of the 183,000 capacity. According to the İHD report, the capacity of the Turkish prisons rapidly overloaded by the detentions and arrests following the failed coup

Helton Silva Malambane, a software developer from Mozambique who previously worked with gov’t-closed Fatih University, was detained by Turkish police at his residence in İstanbul’s Küçükçekmece district over links with the Gülen movement which the government accuses its of masterminding the failed coup attempt on July 15. Twenty-seven-year-old Malambane was detained as part of an

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 199 people were arrested, while 150 others were detained over the past 24 hours, according to Turkish news agencies. Police carried out the operations in at least

Following the appointment of trustees to Kaynak Holding over alleged links to the Gülen movement, 43 of the conglomerate’s companies were transferred on Saturday to the state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF). The Anadolu Republican Chief Prosecutor’s Office asked for the transfer of the trustees’ authorities to the TMSF for alleged ties to the Gülen

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 74 people were arrested, while 240 others were detained over the past 24 hours, according to Turkish news agencies. Police carried out the operations in at least 37 provinces

Turkey’s post-coup witch hunt continues claiming lives with a 42-year-old police officers killed himself by hanging in a forestland in Çorum province. Father of two police officer, known by initials H.T., was among thousand others who were suspended over his alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15

A new wave of purge is expected in the state against alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement based on their use of a smart phone application, which will leave 56,000 more people unemployed, according to CNN Türk website on Friday. According to CNN Türk’s report, Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has obtained a list

Fourteen individuals working at the Anatolia Courthouse in İstanbul’s Kartal district were detained on Friday as part of an investigation against the alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement. Police teams conducted searches at offices of the detained individuals at the courthouse on Friday morning. Turkey survived a military coup attempt on July 15 that killed