Fact Sheet State of Emergency Measures in Turkey
Education Ministry to destroy textbooks written by alleged followers of Gülen
The EU report noted that following the failed coup attempt of July 15 and under the state of emergency rule, this type of state intervention has become more widespread.
“Several private companies, private foundations and universities were seized on the basis of alleged links with the Gülen movement.”
Threats to subscribers force Zaman Germany to cease publishing
The Turkish-language Zaman newspaper has decided to halt its operations in Germany after its readers received threats over their subscriptions to the paper, Deutsche Welle (DW) reported on Friday.
Truth has come, and falsehood has departed,’ reads Quran verse hung on Gülenist-turned-religious school
A private school affiliated with the Gülen movement in Bursa province has been turned into a religious vocational school – known as imam-hatip schools – and members of the staff have placed a verse from the holy Quran at the entrance that reads: “Truth has come, and falsehood has departed.”
Draft law allowing profiling of citizens passes in parliament
The Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM)The draft law on the Protection of Personal Data — which envisages granting sweeping new powers to the intelligence services allowing them to process and archive personal data and threatens the flow of data between Turkey and the EU, has been accepted in parliament.
HRW says Zaman takeover aims to eradicate opposition, calls on Turkish gov’t to reverse it
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) said a ruling by an İstanbul court to appoint trustees to Turkey’s largest media group, Feza Media Group, is the yet another attempt by the government to eradicate opposition by silencing critical media, calling on authorities to reverse the action.
Seized Gülen dormitory ransacked, becomes home to junkies
A private dormitory in İstanbul’s Esenyurt district has become home to junkies and has been ransacked by unknown parties on multiple occasions since the residence was seized as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement in the aftermath of a coup attempt.
Turkey censors textbooks that include word ‘Pennsylvania’
As part of an ongoing purge of anything that could remotely be associated with Turkish Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen, who has been in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania since 1999, Turkey’s Education Ministry has destroyed 892,000 textbooks that include the word “Pennsylvania” on the basis of it promoting “terrorist propaganda.”
Turkish university destroys books written by Gülen, supporters
Turkey’s Sivas University pulled off the shelf of its libraries all copies of the books written by Fethullah Gülen and his alleged supporters and destroyed them via a shredder.
Leukemia patient, pregnant wife under arrest over coup charges
An ever-growing government [genocide] crackdown against the Gulen movement knows no bounds with an İzmir based-teacher who has been fighting leukemia and his pregnant wife, also a teacher, being held behind bars for days.
