Today In Crackdown

A total of 59 police officers among them police chiefs and inspectors, were arrested for using ByLock, a smart phone application that authorities believe is a communication tool between members of the Gülen movement, the state run Anadolu news agency reported on Saturday. Turkish government claims that ByLock is the top communication tool among members […]

The government run Savings and Deposit Fund (TMSF) took over 28 more companies over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, which is accused of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt. 11 Tokat-based companies which were earlier seized by the government in protection measures, have been completely handed over to TMSF over Gülen links on

With a relentless government crackdown against the Gülen movement already created hundreds of thousands of victims both in and outside Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has hinted at new measures to be introduced for further clampdown. Erdoğan implied that “new measures” against the Gülen movement are in the offing. He argued that because only a few

Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ called on sympathizers of the Gülen movement to give information about the activities of the movement, encouraging them to benefit remorse law. The government has long been carrying out a reckless clampdown on the movement accusing it of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt in the latest crackdown. “Our penal

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 172 people were arrested, while 276 others were detained over the past 24 hours, according to Turkish news agencies. Police carried out the operations in at least

Turkey’s Education Ministry has suspended 2,400 more teachers from their posts on Thursday in the latest wave of an ongoing witch-hunt against suspected sympathizers of the faith-based Gülen movement. The teachers were suspended according to a list that was prepared by the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) about teachers who use a smart phone application known as

Two lawyers who are registered to the Konya Bar Association and being investigated for their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, have been arrested in the  Kuşadası district of Aydın province by the Turkish authorities while they were attempting to flee to Greece, Haber Türk daily reported on Thursday. Thousands of people have fled Turkey

Thirteen housewives were detained in the central province of Tokat on Thursday for organizing a fundraiser event for low income students under the umbrella of a foundation linked to the faith-based Gülen movement. The housewives were detained in the Turhal district of Tokat as part of an operation against Refia Women’s Foundation by the Tokat

A total of 109 judges have been expelled from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) on the grounds that they have links to the faith-based Gülen movement, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a coup attempt in July. Previously, 79 military judges and prosecutors were also expelled from the TSK due to alleged