Today In Crackdown

Former daily Zaman reporter Ayşenur Parıldak was arrested on Thursday for being followed by the notorious Turkish whistleblower Fuat Avni on Twitter, who has previously revealed the details of a number of police and judicial operations before they happened through social media. A penal court of peace in the capital Ankara has ruled for the arrest of the journalist. Fuat Avni […]

Istanbul-Based Marmara University announced on 11 Aug that it has laid off 88 of its staff and also asked the Turkish Council of Higher Education (YÖK) to strip 43 of its academics of their licenses as part of Turkish government’s widening crackdown after the failed military coup attempt. In the statement, the university management said: “88 people

A 60-year-old man who is said to be the former chauffeur of Ekrem Dumanlı, the former editor-in-chief of daily Zaman, has been arrested on suspicion of having links to the recent failed military coup attempt in Turkey. Tahsin Kürklü was detained by gendarmerie officers in Gürün district of Sivas province on Wednesday and hours later arrested by a Sivas court. Posting tweets

Aydin-based Adnan Menderes University has issued an instructive for university personnel, calling for submitting information about any Fethullah Gulen sympathizer among the personnel. In another incident of witch-hunt across the country, the administration of the Adnan Menderes University, based in Western province of Aydin in Aegean region, has called on personnel to give information about

When police failed to find Lawyer Muhammet Cakir at home during a raid, they detained 86-year-old woman, his mother, and have been keeping her in detention for several days in southern province of Hatay to ensure capture of his son. Hatay Governor told media that an investigation has been launched into Cakir, the owner of

Turkish police have raided the offices of the national science research council, as part of the post-coup crackdown in the country. Police raided the offices of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Tubitak) on Wednesday and detained “many” people. Tubitak funds science research projects in universities and the private sector and employs more

A  leftist academic at Tunceli University has been detained over possession of a book about Fethullah Gulen at his office, the leftist Birgun daily reported on Wednesday. Candan Badem, a scholar at History Department of Tunceli University in eastern province of Tunceli has already been suspended by the Turkish authorities in a nation-wide crackdown against

One of the institutions shut down, with charges of ‘posing a threat to national security’ – through a decree under OHAL (state of emergency)- is İstanbul Women’s Health and IVF Center. On Saturday, July 23rd, the Center got closed down by a team of officials from health department, governor’s office, and finance department, with the

Detention orders issued for 100 Gülhane Military Medical Academy (GATA) staff members in Ankara on suspicion of having links to the recent failed military coup attempt in Turkey, in the aftermath of which crackdown on various government bodies has escalated. Turkish media reported that a number of doctors from GATA are also included in the

Turkish football authorities have fired 94 football referees in post-coup crackdown. “Our federation deemed it necessary to dismiss 94 people, including regional and nationally-ranked referees and assistant referees, regional refereeing committee members and national and regional observers,” the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) said in a statement. The backlash after the July 15 coup blamed on