Today In Crackdown

The Commercial Court of First Instance in Istanbul ruled late Friday for the bankruptcy of Gülen-linked Bank Asya, which had its banking license cancelled after the last year’s coup attempt. In the aftermath of a failed military coup attempt on July 15, 2016, the Turkish government closed down Bank Asya on the grounds that it […]

The Manisa High Criminal Court has, one more time, ruled for continuation of the imprisonment of an 81-year-old Turkish man with walking and speaking difficulties, several Turkish media outlets reported. According to information provided by family members, Mustafa Türk is confined with 28 others in a prison cell with a capacity for 14. The man, named Mustafa Türk, was

A 37-year-old Swiss-Turkish national, identified with his initials E.D., was remanded in prison after he was detained upon a complaint that he was preparing to escape to Greece. Media reported that E.D. was caught preparing for an illegal departure from Turkey’s resort quarter of Bodrum to the Greek island of Kos. An arrest warrant was

Pro-government Yeni Akit newspaper columnist Abdurrahman Dilipak alleged that Bitcoin is a secret communication tool used by followers of the Gulen movement. His claim came in response to public outrage over Turkish government’s jailing of thousands of people for simply using a messaging app, ByLock. “Let’s us keep in mind that these FETO supporters have

Murat Gulen, a 60-year-old villager and a relative of Fethullah Gulen was detained after he was revealed questioning the government’s narrative over the July 15, 2016 coup attempt during a video interview by the pro-government Ihlas News Agency. On Thursday, Ihlas published the video recording, filmed in Fethullah Gulen’s hometown of Korucuk village, and media

The German LGBT Film Days which was due to run tomorrow in Turkish Capital Ankara, has been banned by the Ankara Governor’s Office over “possible incitement of hatred and hostility among people”. According to Turkish media, the festival, scheduled to be held on 16-17 November in Ankara, has been cancelled after the governor’s office received

İstanbul police detain at least 30 people for insulting Şeyma Subaşı, the wife of Turkey’s one of the richest and well-known TV presenters, Acun Ilıcalı. The suspects are accused of systematically insulting Subaşı on Instagram and Twitter. Ilıcalı is known for his close relations with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. His wife is criticized widely due to

At least 586 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 586 people were rounded up in operations targeting the Gülen movement in between Oct 6 to 13. Turkish government accuses the movement of masterminding the July 15, 2016

Ten people were detained on Monday morning in Ankara as part of an operation into social media launched by the Ankara Public Prosecutor’s Office, the T24 news website reported. According to the report, Evren Çevik, foreign relations bureau member of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), is among the detainees, who were accused of disseminating

A Turkish court remanded in prison the president of the Progressive Lawyers’ Association (ÇHD), Selçuk Kozağaçlı, on Monday. He was jailed on charges of membership to a terrorist organization. Kozağaçlı is the lawyer for famed Turkish educators Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, who started a hunger strike in order to protest their dismissal under state of emergency