Today In Crackdown

A report released by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on the impact of an ongoing state of emergency in Turkey has revealed that a total of 111,240 people have been dismissed from their jobs, while 32,080 others have been suspended since a coup attempt last year. The report, released on the first anniversary […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan offered to exchange German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel, imprisoned in Turkey on terror charges, for two Turkish generals who fled to Germany after a 2016 failed coup attempt, German Bild daily reported on Thursday. Citing diplomatic sources, the daily said Germany rejected Erdoğan’s offer. “Obviously, we could not accept such a deal,”

A court has appointed Uşak Governor Salim Demir as trustee for 29 companies that were transferred to the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) due to their owners’ alleged links to the Gülen movement, which is accused by Turkish authorities of being behind a failed coup in 2016. According to a Tuesday story on the T24 website, Demir

Five pilots who bombed the Akincilar Air Base in Ankara to halt the coup attempt on the night of July 15, 2016, were later arrested as part of an investigation into the Gulen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding the takeover attempt, a former military officer said. Ahmet Zeki Ucok, a retired military prosecutor

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said on Monday that Justice Ministry officials are working to design a special uniform for suspects who are allegedly linked with Turkey’s Gülen group and accused of attempting to stage a coup in July 2016 to wear during court hearings. Speaking to reporters following a Cabinet meeting on Monday,

An arrest warrant has been issued for Diyarbakır Co-mayor Fırat Anlı, who was released from jail last week, after being arrested on terror charges last October. The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office filed an objection to the decision of the Diyarbakır 8th High Criminal Court to release Anlı and petitioned the Diyarbakır 9th High Criminal

Amnesty International Turkey Director İdil Eser was kept in solitary confinement for 24 hours and denied access to medication within this period, according to a tweet posted by Gauri Van Gulik, deputy Europe Director at Amnesty International. Gulik also said that Eser was allowed to see her lawyer only one hour in a week. An

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said on Monday that the government has seized 966 companies from people allegedly linked to the Gülen movement as part of a witch-hunt launched following a failed coup attempt in July of last year, DHA reported. “In addition, 4,888 assets of those 966 companies were also seized and transferred

Seventy-six babies have been born stateless in the last three months because Turkish diplomatic missions are denying consular services to people allegedly linked to the Gülen movement, which is accused by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of masterminding a failed coup in 2016. According to a report

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that at least 49 people were detained over the past week on charges of making propaganda on social media on behalf of the Gulen movement and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIL). The ministry said investigations were launched against 517 social media