Today In Crackdown

A Şırnak court arrested French journalist Loup Bureau on charges of aiding and supporting a terrorist organization, pro-Kurdish Dihaber reported on Wednesday. According to the report, Bureau was on his way to the Kurdish region of northern Iraq through the Habur border gate after visiting Şırnak province when Turkish police detained him. The court ruled […]

A total of 593 people were detained in the past week as part of a nation-wide investigation inti Turkey’s Gülen group, the Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday. Turkish police had also detained 831 others the previous week for their alleged links to the group. Turkey survived a military coup attempt on July 15 that

Wardens at İstanbul’s Silivri prison reportedly forced Cihan Acar, a 27-year old journalist who has been behind bars since July 29, 2016, to get a haircut against his will, the Evrensel daily reported on Tuesday. Mustafa Söğütlü, lawyer for the journalist, spoke to Evrensel daily, saying that Acar, who has not shaved for a year

An Antalya man is being treated for superficial burns after setting himself alight in front of the Antalya governor’s office on Wednesday. The 55-year old man named Metin Sürücü, doused himself in petrol and set himself alight after he was denied a meeting with deputy governor Canan Hançer Baştürk. Sürücü told media that he was a

Turkish police teams on Monday detained at least 51 individuals on accusations that they use a smart phone application known as ByLock, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency reported. In Merzifon, a total of 17 public servants and lawyers were detained early on Monday and 4 of those were put in pre-trial detention later the same

Sezgin Tanrıkulu, a Turkish deputy from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has called on Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım to stop the practice of detaining women hours after giving birth due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, which is accused by Turkish authorities of masterminding a coup attempt on July 15, 2016.

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) has been spying on Gulen followers in the Latin American countries, the agency’s local coordinator told media in a recent interview. TIKA’s Colombia coordinator, Mehmet Özkan has admitted that the agency has been reporting the activities of Gulen movement in the Latin American countries to Turkey and Turkish embassies

An indictment prepared by an İstanbul prosecutor seeks forty years jail term for Samanyolu Broadcasting Group General Manager Hidayet Karaca on charges of membership in an organization that conspired against a Turkey-based radical Islamist group called “Taşhiyeciler.” Accordign to Turkish media, the same indictment also seeks 33-year sentence for former police intelligence chiefs Ali Fuat