Today In Crackdown

An Ankara court on Thursday issued a detention warrant for Nevin İpek, the wife of Akın İpek, a Turkish businessman who has been sought by the Turkish government over his links to the Gülen group. The Milliyet daily reported that the Ankara 24th High criminal court issued the warrant after İpek failed to appear at […]

At least 70 people in 34 different Turkish provinces have been taken into custody over alleged links to the Gülen group, which the Turkish government accuses of masterminding a coup attempt. According to the Cumhuriyet daily, among the detainees was Z.K.T., the military entrance processing commander of Isparta’s Yalvaç district. Z.K.T. and other detainees were reportedly taken

Izmir governor, on Wednesday, banned the “No State of Emergency, Urgent Democracy” rally, organized by several labor unions, 10 days before it was held in the city’s iconic Gündoğdu square. The event was banned on the grounds that it may harm public order and violate others’ rights and freedoms, a statement by the governor’s office

At least 39 people were detained in simultaneous police operations in 8 different Turkish provinces over use of a smart phone application known as ByLock, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on December 7, 2017. According to the report, the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office issued detention warrants for the thirty-nine alleged users of the

At least 699 people were detained as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement over the past week. In a written statement on Monday, the Interior Ministry said 699 people were rounded up in operations targeting the Gülen movement between Dec 4 to 11. Turkish government accuses the movement of masterminding the July 15, 2016 coup

At least 8 people were detained while they were allegedly on their way to flee Turkey’s post-coup crackdown to Greece, media said on Dec 10. Media said gendarmerie stopped 8 people in a prohibited military zone near Turkey’s border with Greece in the western province of Edirne. The detainees were identified as M.Y., an academic

An İstanbul court on Friday evening ruled for continuation of imprisonment of 19 journalists from now-closed Zaman daily, the P24 news portal reported. The court also ruled for the release of three advertising and sales department staff members of the Zaman media group. In the third hearing at Silivri Prison, the İstanbul 13th High Criminal

Swedish parliamentarian Jonas Sjöstedt said that Turkish police threatened him with arrest in Ankara, where he attempted to monitor the trial of jailed pro-Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas on Thursday. The chairman of the Sweden’s Left Party said he was prevented from attending Demirtas’s hearing as an observer, and police threatened him with arrest in case

The Human Rights Association (İHD) and the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) said on Saturday that 2,278 people were tortured and 11 abducted in Turkey during the first 11 months of 2017, according to Gazeteduvar. Releasing a human rights report under an ongoing state of emergency, the IHD and TİHV noted that human rights violations

Lokman Keleş, a Konya-based police officer who was suspended as part of the government’s post-coup purge of state institutions, died after falling from a building under construction, the last resort for him to make ends meet according to people familiar with his situation. “Police officer Lokman Keleş, who was suspended due to false accusations, passed