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Erdoğan intensifies crackdown on opponents through mass detentions
Cevheri GüvenIn the last two days, Turkey’s authorities have detained over 500 government critics including Kurds, Gülen movement followers and protesting university students. As...
Turkey orders detention of 414 alleged Gülen members in post-coup crackdown
Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of 414 people, mainly military personnel, over suspected links to the network that Ankara says orchestrated a failed...
Turkey orders detention of 149 people in post-coup crackdown
Turkey on Monday ordered the detention of 149 people, mainly former police officers, over suspected links to the Gülen movement, which Ankara says orchestrated...
Turkey resumes detention of Gülen followers as coronavirus measures eased
After a pause due to the coronavirus outbreak, Turkey returned to almost daily mass detentions of alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement, which...
64 detained as part of operations targeting Gülen movement members
Turkish police teams on
Wednesday detained 64 individuals across the provinces of İstanbul, Adana,
Tokat and İzmir due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, which...
Police detain 52 suspects including HDP politicians in Turkey’s Southeast
The Gaziantep Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on
Thursday said police have detained 52 suspects, including a co-chair of the Kurdish
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Gaziantep branch,...
186 people sought in Turkey’s post-coup crackdown targeting Gülen followers
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the detention
of 186 people, including military members and ex-police officers, as part of a
large-scale post-coup crackdown targeting followers of...
Turkey orders detention of 74 military members in post-coup purge
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on
Friday ordered the detention of 74 military members as part of a large-scale
post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the...
17 detained in Ankara during protests over removal of Kurdish mayors
Police on Thursday
detained 17 people who took part in a demonstration in Turkey’s capital city of
Ankara in protest of a recent decision by the...
33 detained in İzmir-based operation against Gülen movement followers
Turkish police teams on
Thursday detained 33 individuals in an operation based in the western province
of İzmir against alleged followers of the Gülen movement, the...