Today In Crackdown

A panel of trustees has been appointed to Boydak Holding, a prominent business conglomerate located in central Kayseri province, over alleged links to the Gulen Movement which the government accuses the mastermind the July 15 failed coup attempt. The Kayseri 2th Penal Court of Peace ordered Boydak Holding to be placed under a trustee panel on Aug 18 upon a directive by […]

Turkish police detained two lawyers over their alleged ties to Fethullah Gülen, in Turkey’s Merzifon district. Two lawyers, identified only by their initials, A.K. and A.N.K., were detained in a raid into their house in Merzifon, a district in the central Black Sea region of Turkey, by counter-terrorism police in the early morning of Aug 18, several local media

Titled as the Doctor of the Year in 2013, cardiologist Mustafa Emmiler was arrested over his alleged links to what the government calls terrorist organization, amid massive purge launched after the July 15 failed coup. Antalya police took Emmiler into custody as part of an investigation into the coup attempt, on August 15. Turkey survived

Police detained Turkish poet Rıfat Sayar over his alleged ties to Fethullah Gülen, in the western province of Denizli. Denizli police raided a hotel in Karahayıt neighborhood where Sayar was staying, early on Sunday. An arrest warrant had earlier been issued for Sayar. The move came as the latest in a massive purge against intellectuals

An Istanbul court ordered the temporary closure of daily Özgür Gündem on Aug. 16 on charges of making propaganda on behalf the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). According to a statement by the Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Istanbul 8th Criminal Court of Peace approved a criminal court of peace magistracy’s request to “temporarily” shut down Özgür

A caricaturist for the government-raided daily Özgür Gündem, Doğan Güzel was frogmarched and detained by the government over the newspaper’s alleged propaganda for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), on Tuesday. According to a statement by the Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Istanbul 8th Criminal Court of Peace approved a criminal court of peace magistracy’s

Turkish police on Tuesday launched simultaneous operations against 44 companies in Istanbul over their suspected links to a failed military coup attempt last month, Xinhua news said. Most of the companies raided by police on Tuesday belong to Akfa Holding and the A101 discount supermarket chain. The police department alleged that there are links between Akfa

Nearly 300 courthouse personnel were detained over alleged links to the Gulen Movement which the government accuses the mastermind the July 15 failed coup attempt. A total of 293 people were detained from the courthouses in a probe carried out by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office. Operations were carried out in six courthouses, including Çağlayan, Gaziosmanpaşa, Anadolu,