Today In Crackdown

At least 947 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 809 people were rounded up in operations targeting the Gülen movement in between Oct 9 to 16. Turkish government says the movement masterminded the July 15, 2016 coup […]

Turkish authorities cancelled state-issued press cards of 889 journalists, according to Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül. In response to a parliamentary question over the past week, Gül said the number of press cards cancelled in 2016 in Turkey was 889. Among the reasons for revocations were, the minister said, leave of employment, closure of media outlets,

Turkish police are waiting at Balıkesir Sevgi Hospital to detain M.A., who just gave birth by cesarean section, over alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, which is accused by the Turkish government of mounting a botched coup attempt last summer, an opposition deputy tweeted on Saturday. Sezgin Tanrıkulu, a deputy from the main opposition Republican

An Ankara prosecutor has issued detention warrants for a total of 100 former police officers over alleged use of a smart phone application known as ByLock, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Saturday. According to the report, 63 of 100 police officers have so far been detained in simultaneous opetrations in 19 provinces as part

The Muğla Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into those who photographed a detention procedure that included stripping suspected militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) naked, according to the Diken news portal. Seven people were stripped naked with their hands tied on their back before they were detained as part of an investigation into

More than 22,000 police officers have been dismissed from profession since a coup attempt on July 15, 2016, according to Yılmaz Çolak, president of Turkey’s police academy. Speaking during a conference in Antalya on Friday, Çolak said 12,000 police officers are still under suspension over alleged links to the coup for which the government blames

Ex-director of a Turkish schools in Pakistan, Mesut Kaçmaz, and his family have allegedly been deported to Turkey days after they were abducted from their apartment in Lahore, according to the friends of the family. Several Turkish media outlets reported that the family — Mesut Kaçmaz, his wife Meral Kaçmaz and the two kids —

Five people were detained in Turkey’s border province of Edirne while they were on their way to escape to the Greece, Dogan news agency reported on Friday. Detainees, among them a woman, had outstanding arrest warrants as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement. Gendarmerie rounded up the suspects near the Uyuklu village in

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) parliamentary group deputy chairperson and Kayseri deputy Mustafa Elitaş said on Friday that emergency rule will be extended in Turkey for another three months, Turkish media reported on Friday. According to the CNN Türk news website, the extension of emergency rule will first be discussed on Oct. 16

Detention warrants were issued for 115 people from 328 schools and dormitories that were earlier shut down over links to the Gulen movement, on Friday. Police carried out operations to detain 115 former personnel of 328 dormitories, infant schools, primary, secondary and high schools in 15 provinces. 54 were rounded up while police were seeking