New mother detained over alleged Gülen links despite doctor’s objection in Turkey

Hatice Avan, who gave birth to a baby in the western Turkish province of Denizli on Thursday, was detained on Friday, despite her doctor’s...

CHP official given suspended prison sentence for insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan

Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy provincial chairman of Batman province Hüseyin Yaşar has been handed down a suspended prison sentence of 11 months 20...
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20 military officers arrested over alleged Gülen links in Konya-based coup probe

Twenty military officers were arrested on Friday as part of a Konya-based investigation targeting the alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement in the...

Turkey’s Education Minister: 33,000 teachers dismissed over alleged Gülen links since July 15

Turkish Education Minister İsmet Yılmaz said his government has dismissed about 33,000 teachers from their jobs following a failed coup attempt on July 15,...

Turkey’s ruling AKP member threatens main opposition CHP leader with death

https://turkeypurge.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/HPRO0OVz74Bxd_AK.mp4 Emrullah Kavuz, a local member of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has threatened the main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) leader Kemal...

Okumuş becomes 2nd victim of abductions targeting members of Gülen movement in a week...

Murat Okumuş, a 40-year-old accountant who was a director at the government-closed Şifa University Hospital in İzmir province, was abducted. It has been second...

‘Hero’ who halted 5 tanks during Turkish coup turns out to be fake

Zafer Onaran, who was covered in the media as “the hero who stopped five tanks” after a failed coup in Turkey on July 15,...

Court hearings into prominent journalists exposes scope of Turkish government’s witch-hunt

The fourth hearing into sham coup trial for Turkey’s well known journalists wrapped up on Thursday, with another hearing planned for tomorrow.  All journalists and...

Turkish court arrests 6 people in food poisoning probe in Manisa’s military barracks

A Turkish court on Wednesday arrested six employees of a catering firm, including the firm’s CEO and its local manager, over a suspected food...

Boğaziçi University’s students protest partisan rector appointed by Turkey’s Erdoğan at graduation ceremony

Students at Turkey's prestigious Boğaziçi University staged a protest at their graduation ceremony against its pr0-Erdoğan and partisan rector Mehmed Özkan who was appointed by...

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