Today In Crackdown

“When I read the newspapers, I sometimes feel frustrated like they’re only trying to save Pastor Andrew Brunson, but not us.” These words reportedly uttered by Kubra Gölge, the wife of Serkan Gölge, a 37-year-old physicist and research scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Mr Gölge who holds American citizenship, was jailed in February to […]

At least 154 people, who attempted to escape to Greece and Bulgaria, have been intercepted in Turkey’s border province of Edirne over the past two years, media said. Hurriyet said Aug 14 that Turkish military have, so far, rounded up 154 people for trying to flee Turkey to neighboring two countries through Edirne province. The

English-language teacher, identified by his initials S.B., was intercepted in a restricted military area near Turkey’s Greek border in Edirne province, media reported Monday. S.B. used to work at a private school that was closed down over its ties to the Gulen movement in the aftermath of the July 15, 2016 failed coup. The teacher

The number of Turkish nationals claiming asylum in 28 EU countries plus Norway and Switzerland has increased by  2,590 or 39 percent in the first half of 2018, a recent report noted. Malta-based the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) released asylum statistics compiled from EU+ countries, which groups 28 EU members together with Norway and Switzerland. At

At least 334 people were detained as part of investigations into the Gülen movement over the past week, according to government data. In a written statement on Monday, the Interior Ministry said 334 people were rounded up in operations targeting the Gülen movement between July 30-Aug 6. Turkish government accuses the movement of masterminding the July 15,

The German Foreign Ministry has announced that 54 German citizen were denied entry to Turkish territory in the first seven months of the year, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported on Monday. The figure was 95 for all of last year, according to the ministry’s answer to a Left Party parliamentary question. After a failed coup

Turkish novelist Aslı Erdoğan, living in exile in Germany as she risks a life sentence on terror charges at home, thinks the writing is on the wall: Her country is sliding into fascism. Speaking to AFP, the award-winning author, still traumatized by the four months she spent in an İstanbul prison, warns that Turkey’s institutions

An indictment charging 11 journalists from the now-closed Karşı daily with membership in a terrorist organization, aiding a terrorist organization without membership in it and revealing the identities of public servants engaged in counterterrorism operations was approved by an İstanbul court on Thursday, the Diken news website reported. The İstanbul 23rd High Criminal Court also issued

A Danish court has turned down Turkish government’s request to extradite Cemal Deniz, a 58-year-old man Turkish national of Kurdish origin who is accused of membership to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), back to Turkey. Under custody since July 14, the man was released after Danish officials concluded that he cannot be extradited since