Today In Crackdown

Turkish academic Büşra Ersanlı was sentenced to 1 years and 3 months in prison for signing signing a petition in 2016 criticizing the Turkish government for its violation of human rights and civilian casualties among the predominantly Kurdish population of eastern Turkey. An Istanbul court convicted Ersanli on charges of making propaganda on behalf of […]

At least 446 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 446 people were rounded up in operations targeting the Gülen movement between May 28-June 4. Turkish government accuses the movement of masterminding the July 15,

A Tokat lawyer, identified as G.B., has been detained at a police station where he/she originally came to defend his/her client, under custody over links to the Gulen movement. It turns out that a detention warrant was earlier issued for G.B. as part of the same investigation that led his/her client to be taken under

A Kayseri-based civil engineer, identified as O.E., was given 8 years and 9 months of prison sentence over his links to the Gulen movement. In pre-trial detention for months, O.E. was convicted of membership to a terror group. Media reported on Tuesday that O.E. is accused of using ByLock mobile app and making his banking

Nine tax inspectors were detained as part of an investigation into Gulen movement supporters in the southern province of Hatay on Wednesday. Hatay police carried out operations at several locations and rounded up the nine suspects, some of whom were earlier dismissed from their jobs over Gulen links. Turkish government blames Gulenists for the July

Murat and Esra Yüksel, the parents of 2-month old Selman Yüksel, have been detained by police in Kocaeli province over alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a coup attempt in July 2016. The group denies any involvement. According to an e-mail sent to Turkeypurge editors on

An İstanbul court has sentenced cartoonist Seyfi Şahin to one year, 15 days in prison for “insulting sacred values” in a cartoon featuring the biblical prophet Moses. The ruling was made by the Küçükçekmece 2nd Penal Court of First Instance on Thursday. In the cartoon, Moses “proudly” talks about how he held out his staff and

Alaattin Duran, the dean of Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, was removed from his job several hours after Republican People’s Party (CHP) presidential candidate Muharrem İnce paid a visit to the faculty’s campus on Thursday. İnce held a public demonstration at the Cerrahpasa campus early on May 24, and vowed to abolish a government-sponsored law to establish 20 new universities across Turkey while

A total of twelve people including 5 children were detained while they were reportedly on their way to escape to Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. Media reported Sunday that the group was rounded up after Turkey’s coastal guard stopped their boat off the Pigeon Island in the western province of Aydin. The ID check