Today In Crackdown

Architects and engineers who were removed from their jobs at public institutions with post-coup emergency decrees, has been banned from serving as building inspector until the year 3025, media reported. A recent notice, allegedly sent by the Environment and Urban Ministry to the dismissed architects and engineers, said they are not allowed to work as […]

Meltem Güney, a 29-year old history teacher, has been put in pre-trial detention over alleged membership to Turkey’s Gülen group, accused of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. The movement denies any involvement. According to Ferhat Tunç, one of Turkey’s most renowned human rights activists, tweeted on May 10 that Güney is 3 month-pregnant and

Professor Onur Hamzaoğlu, the spokesperson of Peoples’ Democratic Congress (HDK) umbrella, was released from prison for a day to attend his mother’s funeral in handcuffs. Hamzaoğlu was earlier fired from his job at Kocaeli university with a decree issued by the Turkish government in the aftermath of a coup attempt on July 15, 2016. He was

Tülin Betül Kara, Turkish Ambassador to Macedonian capital of Skopje last week made remarks that shocked the country about schools linked to the faith-based Gülen movement operating there, implying that they were raising students to be terrorists, according to the Romanya Haber website. Speaking at a Turkish government-backed Maarif Foundation school in Tetovo province, Kara said on

A Karabuk couple, both educators who earlier lost their jobs in the face of the Turkish government’s post-coup crackdown, has been jailed pending trial over Gulen links. Y.E., the manager of the now-defunct student dormitory that was closed over Gulen links, and his wife E.E., a teacher removed from her job over similar charges, have

Six people were detained in Turkey’s border province of Edirne while they were reportedly fleeing Turkish government’s post-coup witch-hunt to Greece. Hurriyet newspaper said Tuesday that the group of 6, rounded up along with Syrian and Afghan aslum seekers, were caught in a military zone near Edirne’s Pasakoy village. The Turkish detainees include a university

An armed attack was staged on the house of Mehmet Arslan, an actor-turned-politician who is among founding members of the opposition Good Party, on Sunday. A video footage obtained by Turkish media outlets shows that two masked people stopped their scooter outside Arslan’s home in Istanbul’s Bagcilar and fired a gun to the direction of the

A İstanbul prosecutor has accused four journalists from now-defunct Zaman newspaper of “leading an armed terrorist group,” which could lead to a sentence of up to 22 years, six month, P24 news portal reported. The Zaman newspaper, which was seized on March 4, 2016 and then closed down by the Turkish government under a state of

Detention warrants were issued for 52 people including doctors, engineers, pharmacists, teachers and police officers on Monday. The suspects are accused of having used ByLock, an encrypted mobile messaging app that Turkish prosecutors claim to be the top communication tool the followers of the Gulen movement. State-run Anadolu news agency said some of the suspects had