Today In Crackdown

Fikret Başkaya, a professor of Economic Development and International Relations was detained following a police raid against his home in Ankara on Monday. The 77-year-old academic and the author of several books was caught by Ankara police. While the charges raised against him were unknown at the time of this writing, media said police detained […]

An Ankara court rejected the prosecutor in charge’s request for the release of Nuriye Gülmen, a former teacher who launched a hunger strike after being removed from the job as part of the government’s post-coup purge. Under arrest over terror charges since late May, this year, Gülmen was ordered to remain behind bars until the

Turkey’s National Intelligence Agency (MIT) has set up a special unit to track down the overseas supporters of the movement, the state-run Anadolu news agency confirmed on Monday. “MIT [Turkey’s National Intelligence Agency] established a special unit for FETÖ members who are already based abroad or who have fled Turkey,” Anadolu said. In a reported

The chief physician of the Akpınar State Hospital in Kirsehir province, identified only by his initials C.K., has been caught and put in pretrial detention over his alleged use of ByLock. State-run Anadolu news agency reported on Saturday that police detained C.K. at his home in Ankara as part of a Kirsehir-based investigation into the

Istanbul’s Beyoglu district governorship, on Friday, banned a film screening event, organized by a local lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, the day before it started at the city’s central quarter of Taksim Square. “The LGBTI+ themed meeting, march, film screening and interview events that will take place on Nov. 25 in Beyoglu district

Turkey’s Education Ministry has made a “necessary falsification” on its records shortly after a devoted physics teacher, removed from his job in the government’s post-coup purge, drowned along with his family while fleeing further persecution to Greece. Huseyin Maden, a 40-year-old educator in Kastamonu province until he was dismissed by a government’s post-coup emergency decree,

Detention warrants were issued for 99 people in Antalya province on Thursday on accusations that they use a smart phone application known as ByLock, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. According to the report police have detained 78 of 99 suspects as part of an investigation launched by the Antalya Public Prosecutor’s Office into the

Kazim Ünlü, a former teacher who was removed from his job in the government’s post-coup purge of state institutions and an executive at Turkey’s main educators’ union, Egitim Sen has passed away following a heart attack. According to Evrensel daily newspaper on Thursday, Ünlü died of a heart attack at his father’s place in Elazig. Ünlü

Wardens at İstanbul’s Silivri prison reportedly forced Oğuz Usluer, a former news coordinator at HaberTurk TV who has been behind bars since Dec 28, 2016, to get a haircut against his will, according to main opposition Republican Peoples’ Partty (CHP) deputy Baris Yarkadas. “According to information we obtained today, Haberturk editor Oguz Usluer had his

People who were removed from their jobs with the government’s post-coup emergency decrees are not allowed to work as private security guards, according to pro-government Yeni Safak newspaper. “The names of 101,639 people who were dismissed [from the state institutions] have been blacklisted at the Private Security Information System’s module. These people will be directly