Today In Crackdown

Istanbul Prosecutor’s Office issued arrests warrants for 114 businessmen including Rıza Meral, the chairman of the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON), as part of an investigation into the Gulen Movement. The movement is accused by the government of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt. Among those implicated in the investigation are members and personnel of […]

In yet another move by Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government to silence dissident voices in the media, access to two personal blogs of US-based journalist İlhan Tanır was banned in Turkey on Tuesday. Tanır, known for his objective Turkey-related stories including those on the trial process of controversial Turkish businessman Reza Zarrab,

In a move that is likely to cast fresh doubt on the situation of freedom of the press in Turkey, Turkey’s Youth and Sports Ministry has seized video footage of an interview German broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) conducted with Minister Akif Çağatay Kılıç, apparently because the minister had a hard time answering difficult questions, the

Two distributors of Turkey’s only Kurdish-language daily, Azadiya Welat was arrested, bringing up the total number of journalists jailed to 117, on Tuesday. Police stormed the Diyarbakır office of the daily and detained 11 distributors among others. While nine of them were released, Arap Turan and Ferit Toprak were arrested over their alleged membership to

As part of an ongoing witch-hunt against the Gülen movement, 73 more military personnel have been dismissed from the Turkish Air Forces, Turkey’s Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday. “Dismissals have been made with the utmost sensitivity. Heroic soldiers who are faithful to the state and the nation are in charge. The military will get stronger

The National Police Department warned all its personnel to obey international rules of detention and to stop using unofficial detention centers days before a delegation from the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) was to pay a visit to Turkey in order to ascertain if people in custody are subject to any maltreatment, according

Police in Istanbul’s Esenler province displayed seized books of Fethullah Gülen as evidence of terror. In a statement on Monday, Esenler police said it has detained 31 suspects as part of investigations into the Gulen Movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the July 15 coup attempt, so far. While 14 of the suspects were

A total of 10 faculty members from Sakarya University were arrested over coup charges, bringing up the already high-number of arrested faculty members jailed over their alleged ties to the July 15 failed coup bid. Police earlier detained 11 Sakarya University academics over their ties to the Gulen Movement which the government accuses of masterminding

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 225 people were arrested, while 255 others were detained over the past 24 hours, according to Turkish news agencies. Police carried out the operations in 36 provinces across Turkey.

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 75 people were arrested, while 55 others were detained over the past 24 hours, according to Turkish news agencies. Police carried out the operations in 13 provinces across Turkey.