Today In Crackdown

At least 721 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 721 people were rounded up in operations targeting the Gülen movement between Jan 8-15. Turkish government accuses the movement of masterminding the July 15, 2016 […]

Warrants were issued for 84 people who used to work for dormitories affiliated with the Gulen movement on Monday. An Istanbul prosecutor issued detention warrants for 84 suspects who worked at the Yuksek Tahsil Vakfi, the parent foundation above all Gulen-linked dormitories until they were closed by the government, state-run Anadolu agency said. Police carried

At total of 7,655 people were dismissed from the Health Ministry as part of the government’s post-coup purge of state institutions, according to official data. Health Minister Ahmet Demircan told the state-run Anadolu agency that 7,655 people working under his ministry were dismissed, of whom 252 were later reinstated to their jobs. Meanwhile, 252 others

Ali Vuran, a former public worker who was dismissed from the Diyarbakir Municipality, said his cows were seized by the government. Voice of America’s Turkish edition reported Sunday that Vuran started doing farming and husbandry after he was removed from the Diyarbakir municipality with a post-coup emergency decree. Vuran has failed to avoid further persecution

A local police chief, identified by his initials M.O., who fought against the alleged assassination team targeting the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the defeated coup in the summer of 2016, was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in jail. The police chief of Marmaris, a western resort town where Erdogan was staying in a

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Abdullah Zeydan has been given 8 years, one month and 15 days prison sentence for “aiding a terrorist organization” and “disseminating the propaganda of a terrorist organization”, the Cumhuriyet daily reported. A verdict of eight years, one month and 15 days for Zeydan for “aiding a terrorist organization” and “disseminating

Detention warrants were issued for a total of 70 teachers as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement, on Friday. Police carried out operations to detain 70 teachers upon the warrants issued by an Ankara prosecutor. The suspected teachers used to work for the schools which were closed down by the government over Gulen

Turkish government shuttered yet another 2 media outlets while dismissing 262 people from state institutions with a new government decree issued early Friday. The new decree, No 697, removed from their jobs 262 people including 60 academics, 19 university personnel and 48 Defense ministry and military personnel. YEK TV and Hatmar FM radio were closed

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş made his first appearance in court today as part of a trial in which he is charged with insulting the president of Turkey, the bianet news website reported. The İstanbul Bakırköy 38th Criminal Court of First Instance had ruled that Demirtaş attend the hearing in person rather than

A total of 24 former Bank Asya shareholders were remanded in prison pending trial over on accusations of membership to the Gulen movement. Last week, police detained 49 former shareholders of the now-closed Islamic lender who had authority to elect the executive board and make trade-related and administrative decisions at Bank Asya. Media said Wednesday